News Sharp rise in degree starts at FE colleges, HEFCE report shows The number of students starting degree courses at further education colleges in England has risen by almost 60 per… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Schools to be forced to tell learners about FE and skills options Schools will be forced to tell learners about vocational study and apprenticeship options by law after the government published… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former chair Hughes calls for equality and diversity action at ETF Former Education and Training Foundation (ETF) chair and board member David Hughes has called for more to be done… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News NUS’s first FE president Toni Pearce wins second term Toni Pearce, the first president of the National Union 0f Students (NUS) from a further education background, has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Exclusive: Agency clears Elmfield Training of falsely claiming for learners on Morrisons apprentice scheme in a two page report following a six month investigation A Skills Funding Agency (SFA) investigation has ruled that defunct training provider Elmfield did not receive funding it was… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Toni Fazaeli announces retirement from IfL chief role Institute for Learning (IfL) chief executive Toni Fazaeli has announced plans for her retirement after six years in the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New £2.9m research centre for adult literacy and numeracy The government is investing £2.9m in a new research centre that will focus on improving adult literacy and numeracy…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Tributes paid to ‘FE warrior’ Mary Rimington MBE Tributes have been paid to the former deputy principal of City and Islington College after she died from cancer…. FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Students mean income for schools’ – AoC warning as report criticises career advice Schools should think of the good of their students over the income benefits of keeping learners on after 16,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Company fined after apprentice’s hand crushed A company has been fined after an apprentice’s hand was crushed in machinery. The young man, who was 18… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Exeter principal Richard Atkins to be new AoC president Exeter College principal Richard Atkins has been unveiled as the next president of the Association of College (AoC) after… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Universities Minister wants more higher education courses at colleges Universities Minister David Willetts wants FE colleges to offer more higher education courses. He has given the Higher Education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
