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 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 Newer 1 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 806 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