News Government announces traineeships in future could take less than three weeks The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed to FE Week that the traineeship minimum duration rule… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Careers guidance and financial support top ATL election manifesto priorities Good careers guidance, financial support for learners progressing to FE and an end to colleges being run for profit… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Baker in ‘no Neets’ plea as youth job hopes take centre stage The number of jobless young people is as its lowest level in five years, but at the Youth Employment… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Twitter row principal calls off CEO move A Hampshire principal caught up in a Twitter row in which BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson was labelled a c***… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner claims first scalp The FE Commissioner has claimed his first scalp with LeSoCo principal Maxine Room standing down at the end of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College bursary roll-overs stopped Colleges are to be stopped from rolling unspent 16 to 19 bursary money of more than £500 over into… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Free school meal pay-outs leave colleges feeling short-changed Colleges claim they have been left short-changed after learning how much money they will receive to pay for the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Former BIS chief in governance warning The former head of skills investment at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) has warned that entrepreneurial… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Providers in dark about job status of learners More than half of providers are failing to meet targets for collecting data about the employment status of their… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Learner lie-ins as college trials 10am starts Fancy a 10am start at work? Most would, and that’s what learners at North East Surrey College of Technology… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bright storm continues as Highfield hits back An awarding organisation has hit back at claims by Bright Assessing chief executive Krissy Charles-Jones about its qualifications. She… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New alliance aims to help colleges recruit better governors A new organisation has been launched today to encourage high-calibre and skilled people to join college governing bodies. The… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
