News Top college earner figures ‘not showing full picture’ Calls for college chief executive and principal pay levels to be published have emerged amid concerns the growth of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Students’ union ‘needs more ambition’ in putting FE funding case The National Union of Students’ National Conference took place in Liverpool this month and resulted in re-elections and new… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Privacy warning over biometric data collection The boss of a Leicester-based national subcontractor where learners have their finger measurements scanned to get into classrooms has… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Software and Leps in Spicer update Skills Funding Agency (SFA) interim chief executive Barbara Spicer has written to contractors with an update on a range… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News New careers guidance rules ‘don’t go far enough’ New rules which mean schools will be forced to tell their pupils about FE and apprenticeships “don’t go far… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College steps in to save apprentices More than 160 engineering apprentices are set to be transferred to City College Norwich from an independent learning provider… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News UCU and AoC continue pay talks A pay deal for college staff is yet to be agreed for the next academic year. The University and… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Grade four LeSoCo gets new Ofsted blow A large London college has been criticised in a follow-up report on its inadequate Oftsed rating. LeSoCo, a 17,000-learner… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Free meal guidelines issued by Education Funding Agency Colleges will get £2.41 for every free meal served to a disadvantaged learner under a new system coming into… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Accounting most popular for FE loans Qualifications in accounting and youth work have proved the most popular for students taking out 24+ advanced learner loans,… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Hancock hits back over FE funding cuts Skills Minister Matthew Hancock (pictured above) has hit back at criticism of government cuts, claiming it was “misleading” to say… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Apprentice funding plans rejected in consultation The full results of the government’s apprenticeship funding consultation last year have been released for the first time —… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
