News College staff and students lobby Parliament over FE funding cuts College staff were joined by students as they conducted a mass lobby of Parliament over the future of FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Pilot scheme for FE English GCSE teaching enhancement course to start in mid-April A pilot scheme will soon be launched for a training course preparing FE lecturers for a massive expansion in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former deputy Lorna Fitzjohn to replace Coffey in Ofsted FE lead role Ofsted’s former deputy director of further education and skills has been given the director’s role after Matthew Coffey was… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Mixed reaction to new requirement for learner outcome data in individual learner records Sector leaders gave a mixed welcome to new requirements for providers to collect data on what happens to learners… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hancock unveils 77 new tech levels Skills minister Matthew Hancock used a speech to a jobs and skills forum in London to announce 77 new… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New organisation given control of WorldSkills UK and the Skills Show Control over WorldSkills UK and the Skills Show has been pulled together under a single organisation. Find a Future,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News £100m classroom satellite thermostat plan a “waste of money” NB – this article was originally published as an April Fools story. Plans to spend £100m installing satellite-linked thermostats… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Lambeth College staff to strike over hours and pay Staff at Lambeth College will go on strike tomorrow (Tuesday) over proposed changes to pay and conditions, the University… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bright puts up to 20 members of staff on ‘gardening leave’ Troubled provider Bright Assessing has allegedly put several members of its staff on “gardening leave”. FE Week has seen… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News What has happened to 14 to 19 vocational education? Three years ago this month, the Wolf Report on the future of vocational education for 14 to 19-year-olds was… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Traineeship figures ‘deeply disappointing’ Figures showing that an average of just 127 people started on the government’s new youth unemployment traineeship scheme every… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Indies could face FoI ‘requirements’ Independent learning providers could become subject to Freedom of Information (FoI) Act “requirements” under government proposals. Firms that “carry… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 802 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
