News New organisation given control of WorldSkills UK and the Skills Show Control over WorldSkills UK and the Skills Show has been pulled together under a single organisation. Find a Future,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News £100m classroom satellite thermostat plan a “waste of money” NB – this article was originally published as an April Fools story. Plans to spend £100m installing satellite-linked thermostats… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Lambeth College staff to strike over hours and pay Staff at Lambeth College will go on strike tomorrow (Tuesday) over proposed changes to pay and conditions, the University… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Bright puts up to 20 members of staff on ‘gardening leave’ Troubled provider Bright Assessing has allegedly put several members of its staff on “gardening leave”. FE Week has seen… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News What has happened to 14 to 19 vocational education? Three years ago this month, the Wolf Report on the future of vocational education for 14 to 19-year-olds was… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Traineeship figures ‘deeply disappointing’ Figures showing that an average of just 127 people started on the government’s new youth unemployment traineeship scheme every… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Indies could face FoI ‘requirements’ Independent learning providers could become subject to Freedom of Information (FoI) Act “requirements” under government proposals. Firms that “carry… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News College to close former Pearson in Practice centres West Nottinghamshire College has announced plans to shut almost half of the training centres it bought under last year’s… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Agency wants online delivery data Providers will have to say how much of their courses are delivered online in their individualised learner record (ILR)… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Lingfield reveals FE institute plans Chartered status for FE providers is just months away, the chair of the new Institution for Further Education has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government in childcare qualifications ‘neglect’ Concerns have been expressed after a “key aspect” of recommendations on the future of childcare qualifications was “neglected” by… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News More strikes threatened Further strike action at sixth form colleges could be on the cards after a walkout by staff on Thursday… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 816 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
