News Leadership and management questioned in new ETF survey results while non-GCSE English and maths review set for launch Approval of FE sector leadership and management has declined since last year, according to the results of an Education… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Labour warned ‘hands off FE budget’ amid rumours Ed Miliband wants to cut maximum university fee by third The Association of Colleges (AoC) has issued a plea to the Labour Party not to raid the FE budget… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Further education makes ‘500 most influential people list’ as 157 Group boss Dr Lynne Sedgmore is named by Debrett’s The FE sector has had one of its key spokespeople recognised on the 2015 Debrett’s 500 list of the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Boles asked to clarify sixth form college VAT exemption talks The Sixth Form Colleges’ Association (SFCA) has written to Skills Minister Nick Boles in a bid to clarify his… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News More college takeovers possible for academy chain The Department for Education (DfE) has not ruled out another college intervention to take on a school from troubled… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Call for more powers to track 16 to 18s Local authorities “need more legal powers to ensure partners share vital information” in tracking the education and training status… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Leadership issues under the Fetl research spotlight The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has announced the four winners in its first wave of fellowship grants… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Digital skills duo told to drop Code College title The founders of the new National College for Digital Skills have dropped plans to be called Code College after… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Outstanding RAF training The RAF’s apprenticeship scheme has seen it become just the second employer provider to be rated outstanding across the… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News Lambeth retains grade three Ofsted rating despite strikes Lambeth College has retained its grade three Ofsted rating despite inspectors visiting amid long-running industrial action that ended with… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y News AoC hits back at ex-Ofsted director’s claim colleges are ‘frankly, rubbish’ Association of Colleges (AoC) boss Martin Doel (above) has leapt to the defence of his members after a former… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Planting seeds of inspiration in Sky The Sky Academy invited FE Week reporter Paul Offord to look around its new Careers Lab that will give… FE Week Reporter 10y FE Week Reporter 10y Newer 1 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 816 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