News Two providers keep EFA contracts despite grade 4s Two out of eight providers hit with an Ofsted grade four rating since February last year have been allowed… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Esol hold-up welcomed amid new qual concerns The extension of existing funding rules and postponement of new qualifications for English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol)… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Scores of colleges ‘interested’ in career college opportunities More than 40 colleges have expressed an interest in opening a Career College since proposals for the new form… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Principal vows to protect learners from strike The principal of Lambeth College has vowed to protect learners from an indefinite strike planned this week — but… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New apprentice funding model ‘no simple system’ The newly-announced apprenticeship funding system in which employers will contribute 33 per cent of the cash has been described… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted calls time on privatised inspection regime for FE and schools Ofsted inspections of FE and skills providers and schools will no longer be carried out by private contractors from… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Employers to fork out for a third of apprenticeship training as government tells bosses to pay providers for first time Employers will be expected to pay a third of the provider costs for apprenticeship, it was announced today. The… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Bradford College goes internal for new chief after Bravo move blow Bradford College Group has gone internal in its hunt for a new chief executive after Hampshire principal Anthony Bravo… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Get hands-on with careers advice, says AoC research Young people want more hands-on experience in deciding what career path they should take, according to new research from the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Lambeth College staff vote to walk out indefinitely Staff at Lambeth College have voted to go on indefinite strike in a row over proposed changes to terms… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Female leaders need to ‘stand up and be counted,’ says WLN chair The chair of the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) has told how women at the top of colleges should “stand up… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Commissioner’s college visits hit double figures as plans for annual report are revealed Further Education Commissioner Dr David Collins (pictured) has taken his tally of college reviews to 10, and will outline… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 820 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