News Singing FE lecturer shortlisted for $1m best teacher in world prize A singing science lecturer from Middlesbrough College is in the running for a $1m first-prize after making the top… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband announces that Labour would protect 16 to 19 funding A Labour government would protect 16 to 19 education as part of plans to protect the entire Department for… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Miliband to stand by Labour’s controversial plans to scrap apprenticeships below level three Labour leader Ed Miliband is set to stand by his party’s controversial pledge to scrap apprenticeships of less than two… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Niace proposes £100m ‘advancement service’ for low-paid workers – with poll The government should top-slice from skills and careers budgets to pay for coaches to help people out of low-paid… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News MPs write to Nicky Morgan over sixth form colleges VAT exemption More than 70 MPs have written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for sixth form colleges to be exempted… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Less than a quarter of quals win appeal against SFA cull Less than one-in-four qualifications listed as in danger of the public funding axe last year have survived the latest… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Traineeship action call as ‘up to 40 pc’ say no to delivery Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has called for government action to boost traineeships after official figures showed take-up among… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fracking vote ‘won’t affect’ National college plans Leaders of the new National College for Onshore Oil and Gas have played down the possibility of a local… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Learners and staff among creditors £800k out of pocket by Bright demise Learners, staff and other creditors are expected to be left around £800k out of pocket with the demise of… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News College told to give up inadequate-rated academy An FE college in Suffolk has been ordered to hand over its 11 to 16 academy to new sponsors… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Financial difficulties at ‘50 colleges’ Around 50 colleges could be in serious financial difficulty due to a “perfect storm” of capital debt and 16… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Fraudsters outwitted in £5.8m new build banking scam Police are hunting fraudsters who tried to rip off an Essex college by pretending be behind work on its… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 816 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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