News Takeover agreed for A4e to create ‘biggest’ Work Programme contractor Welfare-to-work provider A4e has been sold to recruitment services firm Staffline in a £35.4m deal that includes £11m of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Euro ‘funding gap’ warning of closures and staff lay-offs The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has warned that a “funding gap” for schemes backed by European… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Trailblazer status in balance after grade four result An employer provider’s status as an apprenticeship Trailblazer was today in the balance after Ofsted found it had “no… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Shakira hopes to inspire minority groups with NUS election win The newly-elected National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin (pictured above left) has told of her… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Interim replacement hired while New College Stamford principal ‘on leave’ Former Lincoln College principal of 14 years John Allen (pictured above left) has taken over from under fire New College… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Concern grows that FE quality mark has ‘stalled’ Concern is growing in the FE sector that plans for an FE Chartered Status quality mark have “stalled” with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Recruitment at 14 ‘difficult’ as UTCs’ capacity runs as low as 12.2pc Six out of 30 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are operating at up to just a third full — with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeship success rates fall nearly 5pc points Last week, FE Week revealed the best and worst success rates performers for classroom-based provision in 2013/14 — and… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Event aims to boost female tech skills Greater collaboration between FE and business could help to encourage more women into digital industries, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Third of Intraining workforce hit as 450 jobs set for axe More than a third of the workforce at NCG’s 1,200-worker Intraining division were today facing redundancy following one of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Don’t scrap GCSEs without ‘coherent’ 14 to 19 overview, Labour adviser warns Labour plans to replace GCSEs with a “national baccalaureate” with both academic and technical routes will only work if… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president wins NUS election Lewisham Southwark College students’ union president Shakira Martin was today elected as the next National Union of Students (NUS)… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 816 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