News Teen recruitment change from EFA Changes to direct recruitment of 14 to 16-year-olds will not make it easier for colleges to qualify, the Education… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Warning over college leader business links College leaders have been warned to “think carefully” about their outside-of-work consultancy posts after it emerged contracts from a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Byrne quizzed on ‘pregnant panda question’ Labour’s stance on government apprenticeship reforms in which employers will take a greater role in drawing up frameworks and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges sent back to drawing board after ‘aggressive’ renaming Plans for a college name-change that a local MP branded “an aggressive act” towards nearby competitor colleges have been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth College’s ‘indefinite strike’ heads into day four Teachers and lecturers at Lambeth College are preparing for a fourth day of industrial action as part of their… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprenticeship target in Queen’s Speech draws ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ warning on reforms The government has been warned about “to-ing and fro-ing” on apprenticeships policy after a Queen’s Speech today in which… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Minister rejects calls to scrap apprenticeship fees at AELP conference Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has rejected calls for in-kind contributions towards apprenticeships to count as part of employers’ mandatory… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Election countdown brings AELP call for more joined-up policy on youth unemployment Greater integration of government policy on youth unemployment is among the priorities for the Association of Employment and Learning… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Process document offers glimpse of inner-workings of new FE Commissioner role Providers have been offered an insight into the work of FE Commissioner Dr David Collins with the publication of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ex-Barnfield boss talks ghost learners, financial probes and the Audi pay-off In June 2005, Peter Birkett joined Barnfield College as principal. But six years later, having been knighted for “services… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Party politics worry over new quality mark Senior FE and skills figures have told of their concerns that the sector’s new chartered status quality mark could… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bosses face apprentice bill of up to £9k Providers could receive up to £27,000 for every apprentice they train — but £9,000 of that cash would have… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 820 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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