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 News LeSoCo principal Maxine Room to stand down The principal of LeSoCo in south east London is to stand down at the end of the academic year,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Governors get three-point college improvement plan College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Employers call for apprenticeship control — but what did key FE players think? More than 30 employer bodies joined forces to call for greater control over apprenticeships just days after a technical… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Success rates change makes system ‘overly complex’ A college principal has hit out at proposed changes to the way the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) reports and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 820 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
