News Race is on for 3m apprenticeships Apprenticeship target a ‘significant challenge’ The creation of 3m apprenticeships by 2020 is a “significant challenge” that can only be achieved… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Javid — will he be Treasury stooge or FE friend? Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed the Conservative MP Sajid Javid (pictured) as Business Secretary in his new majority… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna withdraws from Labour leadership race Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna has dropped his bid to run the Labour Party, citing the “scrutiny and attention”… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Full report on FE Week and Policy Consortium second annual sector survey released The full report on the results of the second annual FE Week and Policy Consortium survey has been published. The… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Workload and constant change driving up stress Working in FE today is more stressful than at any point in the last six years due to workloads… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Former college tutor jailed for ‘horrific’ animal cruelty *WARNING – CONTAINS IMAGE OF DOG INJURIES A former Canterbury College tutor has been jailed for animal cruelty after… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Pearson stops certificating higher education course at general FE college over grading and enrolment concerns Pearson has stopped certificating a higher education course at Sussex Coast College Hastings (pictured) because of concerns over a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE leaders welcome new Business Secretary Javid’s ‘experience’ of sector Sector leaders have welcomed Sajid Javid’s “experience” of FE after David Cameron announced he would take over as Business… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Boles re-appointed as Skills Minister in Cameron’s new government Nick Boles is to continue to serve as Skills Minister, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. The newly-re-elected MP for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Skills Show organisers Find a Future on hunt for new chief executive The chief executive of Skills Show organisers Find a Future Ross Maloney (pictured above) is to leave for the Scouts… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Sajid Javid appointed as new Business Secretary Former Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has been appointed to run the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Mr Javid… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News The rise of the grade three provider — a sector-wide story Click here to view the table The proportion of colleges and independent learning providers (ILPs) ordered to improve by… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 818 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
