News Former ETF interim chief Sir Geoff Hall lands Principals’ Professional Council job Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) interim chief executive Sir Geoff Hall is to become general secretary of the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Labour under fire from human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell over ‘gender segregated’ rally in Shadow Skills Minister’s constituency Labour officials have defended an election rally in Shadow Skills Minister Liam Byrne’s constituency where the audience appeared to be… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Learners’ balloon effort takes off The sky was no limit for students and staff from the science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) departments at… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Dr Pember in return to FE and skills leadership role Former Whitehall FE and skills chief and resident FE Week agony aunt Dr Sue Pember is set for a… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Exam papers ‘could be lost’ after ‘technical error’ A “technical error” in collecting Functional Skills papers has left learners across the country unsure whether their City &… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Row breaks out over quals funding email claims A bitter row has broken out between two awarding organisations (AOs) over claims one had “lost” public funding for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Sector politicians are all bookies’ favourites These are the political faces we’ve come to know in the world of FE and skills — but how… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Eight FE and skills ideas that ran out of steam — remember any of them? As the dawn of a new government with the possibility of a raft of new policies approaches, former FE… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Apprenticeships and careers advice key to Lib Dem youth unemployment plans, Clegg to reveal Apprenticeships and one-on-one careers advice will play a key role in Liberal Democrat plans to cut youth unemployment to… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News FE Commissioner launches city-wide review looking at merging Nottingham’s two biggest colleges The FE Commissioner has launched a city-wide review of vocational education in Nottingham which is looking at merging the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Plea for an FE & skills lifeline Funding, change, workload and bureaucracy topped the list of concerns in the second annual FE Week sector survey. Worries… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News New lead sponsor for Skills Show revealed Vocational education charity the Edge Foundation is the new lead sponsor for the Skills Show, it has been announced…. Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y Newer 1 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 818 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