News ‘Casualised’ work contracts damaging 40 pc of FE workers’ home-ownership hopes, UCU research finds Nearly 40 per cent of FE workers struggle to get a mortgage because of their “casualised” employment contracts, research… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Kwik Fit returns to outstanding status — but says ‘no plans’ to run traineeships again Garage chain Kwik Fit today returned to its former outstanding status with publication of its latest Ofsted report, having previously… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Report calls on government to extend providers’ prison learning contracts for a year The Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) has called on Business Secretary Sajid Javid and Justice Secretary Michael Gove to extend… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Two Devon colleges facing combined £4m budget shortfall for 2015/16 consider merger Two Devon-based colleges that need to make around £4m savings between them over the next academic year could merge…. FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New shadow challenger for Skills Minister Boles on DfE brief Labour’s John Woodcock has replaced Yvonne Fovargue as Shadow Education Minister for Young People. The MP for Barrow and… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Farewells to sector ‘champion’ Sector leaders lined up to pay tribute to the efforts of former Business Secretary and self-proclaimed FE-saviour Dr Vince… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News As you are for Labour FE Labour’s top education and business teams have emerged from a post-election mini-reshuffle identical to their pre-election make-up. Acting Labour… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Question marks hover over BIS future Concerns about the future of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) may spark an investigation by a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Priory ordered to leave Trailblazer group Priory Central Services has been ordered to leave the healthcare employers’ Trailblazer group after it was hit with a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Hundreds of Yorkshire colleges’ jobs set for axe More than 200 college jobs are facing the axe in West Yorkshire in a bid by management at Leeds… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y 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 Newer 1 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 820 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