News Further education learners and staff to take the cuts protest to MPs’ front door at Parliament FE staff and students are set to lobby politicians directly tomorrow afternoon as they take the fight against swingeing sector… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Tax expert and public private relationships adviser to take reins at 157 Group The new chief executive of the 157 Group is to be Ian Pretty, currently a senior vice president for… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News UTCs team to ‘work with’ Boles on programme The organisation behind Lord Baker’s university technical colleges (UTCs) has said it will be “working with” Skills Minister Nick… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Is England set to go Dutch on skills system? Super colleges and beefed-up sector skills councils could be on the horizon — if Skills Minister Nick Boles’s hopes… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Let’s work together on 16 to 19s, FE leaders tell local councils Sector leaders have said they are keen to work with local authorities on improving 16 to 19 participation and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprentice recruitment halted over funding delay Providers hit with an unexpected and “agonising wait” to find out if they will be paid for apprenticeships and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News MPs pitch for chair posts on FE committees Nominations have closed, and the race to chair two of Parliament’s most influential select committees is almost over. Labour… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Burnham backlash over apprentice loans worries Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham sparked an alarmed response on Twitter after his comments on apprenticeship loans led to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Enterprise bill to protect term ‘apprenticeship’ and force public bodies to recruit Apprenticeships will be given the same legal protection as degrees, allowing a clampdown on firms which misuse the term,… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Principal and vocational teaching leader Frank McLoughlin leads FE & skills pack in Queen’s Birthday honours with knighthood City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Former North Hertfordshire College principal Fintan Donohue denies knowledge of success rates manipulation Former North Hertfordshire College (NHC) principal Fintan Donohue has denied any “knowledge of wrongdoing” after it was discovered that… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Productivity ‘in danger’ from government’s 3m apprenticeships aim The government target to create 3m apprenticeship starts could pose “a real danger” to national productivity, National Institute of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 820 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo