News Free schools sector poised for more FE college sponsors Two FE colleges and one sixth form college are expected to bid to open their own free schools when… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News DfE passes NCS funding buck to BIS The National Careers Service (NCS) figures in many of the hopes for improved information, advice and guidance (IAG). However,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Scotland vote uncertainty for UKCES The future of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) could be just as much on the line… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Study programmes implementation ‘too slow’ warns Ofsted chief Implementation of the government’s study programmes among providers surveyed by Ofsted has been “too slow,” the education watchdog’s director… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News National Careers Council calls for investment fund, better website and subsidies but covers old ground amid ‘insufficient careers progress’ A careers investment fund, an improved National Careers Service (NCS) website and free or subsidised access to advice are… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Councils failing to track learners’ status, Ofsted director to claim Councils are failing to track the status of learners in FE colleges and other training providers, a senior Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Improvement plan ‘not fit for purpose’ at grade four-rated Central Bedfordshire UTC Ofsted inspectors have branded the improvement action plan of an inadequate-rated university technical college (UTC) as “not fit for… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Departmental collaboration and high-profile campaign needed to address adult literacy and numeracy issue, say MPs Greater co-operation across several government departments, a review of funding and a high profile national campaign were among a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector responds to MPs’ adult numeracy and literacy report Key figures from across the FE and skills sector have been poring over the adult numeracy and literacy report by… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Sector bodies have their say on government plans Officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are currently sifting through the results of FE and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Could a learner have committed militant hacking? Police investigating the hacking of a college website which resulted in it “supporting” the militant group Islamic State (ISIS)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Don’t spend Bursary Fund cash on FE free meals top-up’ — DfE Officials at the Department for Education (DfE) have told providers they can’t top up FE free meals allocations with… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 820 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
