News College issues exams blanket ban on wristwatches over concerns about ‘hard to identify’ internet-enabled smart watches An East Midlands college has issued an exams blanket ban on wristwatches over fears learners could cheat using powerful… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College job over after school achieves grade one Hull College has given up its sponsorship of a formerly failing local school having guided it to top marks… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Commissioner praise following revisits The FE Commissioner has praised progress being made at two colleges following revisits. Dr David Collins checked up on… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News High profile football referee honoured at old college Former international football referee and Rotherham College alumni Howard Webb has been recognised by the Association of Colleges (AoC)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted denies ‘jumping gun’ with Bolton College GCSE criticism Ofsted has denied “jumping the gun” on an impending funding condition after a report appeared to criticise a college… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News UTCs take eight spaces in list of 50 worst for absence Eight University Technical Colleges (UTCs) have been listed among England’s worst providers for overall absence. The Department for Education… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Prime Minister lays out apprenticeships as ‘first priority’ but sector awaits policy details The creation of more apprenticeship starts is the “first priority” out of legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech, the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Government reviews FE scrutiny info The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched a review of the data it publishes on FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Ofsted scrapping of graded lesson observations ‘right’ Ofsted’s decision to scrap graded lesson observations for FE inspections has been described as the “right way to go”… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Pearson stops second distance provision linked to AL Pearson has stopped registering higher national certificate (HNC) distance learning students at a second general FE college delivering the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Key founder college quits Gazelle amid membership review Gazelle has been dealt a major blow with news that a key founding college has announced it is “no… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News ETF sets out stall for new professional body The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has launched a new professional membership body for FE practitioners. The creation of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
