News Nick Boles is new Skills Minister after move to joint role at BIS and DfE Former Planning Minister Nick Boles has taken on a joint role at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hancock to attend Cabinet in new business role as Cameron shakes up top team Matthew Hancock has moved to a new shared role at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Nicky Morgan replaces Gove at DfE as Cameron promotes women to top jobs Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan, who has served in two Treasury positions, is the new Education Secretary following the departure… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Nine more colleges set to take on 14 to 16-year-olds Nine more colleges could take on learners from the age of 14 next academic year, FE Week can reveal…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Warwickshire College’s Madelyn McAlpine a World Cup winner just like German stars The name of Warwickshire College’s Madelyn McAlpine can be listed with World Cup-winning German stars such as Mesut Ozil, Philipp Lahm… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News New family learning group set for FE members A new national forum for family learning which met this month for the first time looks set for membership… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ETF chief defends handing £1m learning tech contract to Gazelle amid ‘scepticism’ of the organisation Education and Training Foundation (ETF) chief executive David Russell has spoken out to defend the awarding of a £1m… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News England won’t join European apprenticeship body, says Skills Minister Matthew Hancock Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has ruled out joining a European apprenticeship development body, despite his counterparts in Wales, Scotland… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hackney UTC closure prompts tough 157 Group leader criticism for Lord Baker project Former Education Secretary Lord Baker’s University Technical College (UTC) project has come under fire from the 157 Group boss… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sixth form college teachers join picket lines in strike over pay and conditions Teachers at sixth form colleges across England walked out of work today amid a bitter dispute between unions and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Awarding bodies group tells of ‘details’ concern over quals registration plan The Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) has expressed concern over the details of Ofqual proposals in which non-accredited qualifications… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship claim leads to another Tory and Labour fact spat Skills Minister Matthew Hancock challenged Labour’s understanding of apprenticeship starts following a week in which the Opposition’s fact-checking has… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
