News Caretakers’ honour as New Year awards bring wide-ranging FE and skills recognition The new year got off to a flying start for FE and skills with more than 30 sector figures named in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Land agreed for HS2 college Plans for one of two high speed rail national college campuses are a step closer to fruition after Doncaster… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Contingency plan assurance from SFA after latest Hub breakdown The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has assured providers that it has a contingency plan after the Hub suffered the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Certification pledge amid Skills for Logisitics closure Providers have been given assurances that logistics apprenticeships will continue to be certificated after the industry’s Sector Skills Council… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bus service cuts hitting FE and skills attendance with learners not ‘even getting to college gates’ Years of funding cuts in local bus services that have seen around 2,000 routes being trimmed or ended has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Vote now: FE Week and Me photography competition 2014 The entries are in, the shortlist is finalised and it’s time for the winner of the FE Week and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Should former Barnfield boss Sir Peter hand back FE knighthood after inadequate rating? Troubled Barnfield College has been described by Ofsted as having “no key strengths” — prompting question marks over whether… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Two thirds of providers fail to hit allocations Two thirds of FE and skills providers failed to deliver their final 2013/14 Adult Skills Budget (ASB) allocation by… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EXCLUSIVE: SFA hits providers with shock funding clawback warning More than 700 colleges and independent learning providers have been warned by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) that they… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Luton’s troubled Barnfield College has been handed an inadequate grading by Ofsted Luton’s troubled Barnfield College has been handed an inadequate grading by Ofsted after inspectors found it had “no key strengths”…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News MPs grill Education Secretary Nicky Morgan on ‘careers company’ plans Education Secretary Nicky Morgan faced a grilling from MPs over plans for a new business-led careers advice company. Ms… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News SFA Hub suffers yet another breakdown as data return deadline looms Providers faced the latest Hub breakdown this week as management information system staff tried to submit their data before… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 820 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
