News FE foundation considers priorities at first board meeting The new Education and Training Foundation laid out key priorities in its first board meeting on Monday. The organisation,… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Union votes in favour of strike action at Lesoco A London college has been added to the ranks of those facing industrial action as staff up and down… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Team UK’s golden duo A bricklayer from Warrington and a cabinet maker from Chichester proved to be golden for the UK as they… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Local Enterprise Partnerships to get college co-operation sweeteners Business Secretary Vince Cable has named three local enterprise partnerships to pilot a sweetener scheme aimed at improving relationships… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News WorldSkills VIPs speak to FE Week As WorldSkills UK media partner, FE Week has been granted one-on-one time with some pretty heavyweight people in Leipzig… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Vocational skills to get their own ‘unashamedly aspirational’ A-level A new ‘Tech-level’ qualification for vocational education was announced by the government today to sit alongside the A-level academic… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News ‘Biggest international skills event’ is under way Check out the video from yesterday’s events here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diq33DPW6AI&feature=youtu.be Thousands of competitors, experts, delegates, team leaders, organisers, and volunteers… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College boss quits to lead Gazelle FE The chief executive of North Hertfordshire College, Fintan Donohue, is to step down to concentrate on his role as… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Apprentice starts for 16 to 18 keep falling The continual downward slide in the numbers of under-19s taking up apprenticeships is “substantial” and “worrying”, Junior Shadow Education… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News And they’re off…Team UK are bid farewell and good luck After months of grueling training, selection heats, pressure testing and tears of both sadness and joy; Team UK were… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Downing Street send-off for UK’s WorldSkills competitors Number 10 Downing Street got a visit from the cream of the UK’s vocational learners before they jetted off… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Team UK going for gold More than 200,000 contestants and supporters from across the world will descend on the East-Central German city of Leipzig… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 806 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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
