News Part-time learner numbers show sharp decline Further education leaders have called for action to stop a sharp decline in part-time higher education study after a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News EXCLUSIVE: BIS to go public with commissioner’s failing college judgments The results of FE Commissioner David Collins’ inspections of failing colleges are to be made public, FE Week can… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Niace calls for apprentice charter in funding consultation response The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) has called for the introduction of an apprentice charter and job… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister reveals identity of first new FE college in 20 years Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has confirmed that Essex-based charity Prospects Learning Foundation is to become the first new FE college… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Principals ‘may not’ understand their chief executive role College leaders who are both principals and chief executives may not fully understand both parts of their role according… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Ofsted launches provider review tool for employers Employers will be able to anonymously rate, review and compare providers using an online tool launched by Ofsted today… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Celebrating 100 editions of FE Week Click here to download Edition 100 of FE Week Click here to download edition 100 and our special celebratory… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Taxman looks to reissue restaurant bill Click here to read the article by Rebecca Cooney FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Taxman looks to reissue restaurant bill A Hampshire college that went to court in its bid to win a training restaurant tax rebate could be… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New Ofsted director tells of priorities Lorna Fitzjohn has taken over as Ofsted’s new director of FE and skills. She was previously deputy director for… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Warning for providers as SFA named in fraudster ‘spear fishing’ campaign Email fraudsters are targeting FE and skills providers by posing as the Skills Funding Agency. The sector has been… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Colleges ‘tackling’ apprentice farrier bullying but ‘need’ modernisation Ofsted monitoring inspections of three colleges that took over apprenticeship provision following accusations of bullying found safeguarding had improved,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 816 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
