News Traineeships exempted from 16-hour benefits rule The government is to allow job seeker’s allowance (JSA) claimants to do more than 16 hours’ study a-week as… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FE Week Charity Auction UPDATE: Due to our website being down for over 48 hours, towards the end of this auction, we have… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News National Skills Academy Logistics goes into liquidation after SFA cancels funding The National Skills Academy Logistics (NSAL) has been put into liquidation after its financial support was pulled by the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College staff strike over pay after last-minute talks fail to avert industrial action Colleges across the country have been hit with industrial action as staff took part in strikes over pay. Members… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News AoC chief Martin Doel warns Vince Cable against FE raid to fund HE shortfall as Budget looms The chief executive of the Association of Colleges has warned Business Secretary Vince Cable against raiding the FE budget… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Quals firm four given corruption trial date Four staff at an Eastbourne-based firm that prints qualification certificates have been given their trial date on corruption charges…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Shadow minister sets out his vision for the future of FE The Shadow Education Secretary, Tristram Hunt, chose the Association of Colleges conference as the venue for his first speech… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News The AoC chief executive shares his thoughts after the three day conference After an exhausting few days, Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel shared his thoughts with FE Week editor… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Quarter of FE loans are waiting to be processed Just over a quarter of applications for FE loans had not been successfully processed by the end of October,… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Brave Vicky claims student of year title Barking and Dagenham College student Vicky Knight, who set up a charity for burns victims after being horrifically injured… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College boards ‘dominated’ by white men A survey is set to reveal the extent of “under-representation” of black and ethnic minority groups on college governing… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Careers advice is heading towards cliff-edge, CBI warns The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned that careers guidance is “heading towards a cliff edge”, joining sector-wide… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 806 Older Must read 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 1w Billy Camden 1w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
