News Principal of inadequate Greater Manchester college to ‘work from home’ The principal of a Greater Manchester college is to take early retirement after it dropped from outstanding to inadequate in… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister Matthew Hancock greeted by protest at Question Time college A controversial funding rate cut for 18-year-olds was the subject of a lively protest and crunch talks when Skills… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Heseltine tells fellow Lords of doubts over EU powers to curb youth unemployment Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has expressed doubts over the ability of the European Union (EU) to help solve the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Coffey issues warning to government on college and Lep relationship The man in charge of England’s college inspections has called for “oversight” of the relationship between colleges and local… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Dame Jackie Fisher returns to FE front line at under fire Barnfield Federation Under fire Barnfield Federation has announced that Dame Jackie Fisher (pictured) is to become its new interim chief executive…. Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News More than 30 expert advisers announced at the Education and Training Foundation The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) has unveiled the make-up of three expert panels with the announcement of more… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New MPs’ investigation into adult literacy and numeracy under way Adult literacy and numeracy levels in England came under the spotlight of select committee MPs for the first time this… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News An in-depth look at the Skills Funding Statement as 19 pc ASB cut attacked Plans to cut almost a fifth of the Adult Skills Budget have been savaged by organisations across the FE… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UCU rules out FE college strikes – for now The University and Colleges Union has ruled out further strike action in FE colleges in the near future, despite… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Adult Skills Budget in line for 19 per cent funding cut The government’s Adult Skills Budget is facing a cut of 19 per cent by 2016, the long-awaited Skills Funding… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News WorldSkills competitions open as learners fight for spot on plane to Abu Dhabi Apprentices and learners are being urged to put their skills to the test and fight for a spot on… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Funding Agency chief defends shock qualifications cull Skills Funding Agency chief executive Barbara Spicer has spoken out to defend a shock public funding cut for adult… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 816 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
