Colleges, Election 2024

IFS: Colleges face £400m funding shortfall for rising 16-18s

Growing student numbers mean colleges will need £400 million just to maintain per-student funding levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

102 winners scoop silver at 2024 Pearson National Teaching Awards

‘Phenomenal devotion’ of teachers, leaders and lecturers recognised

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Adult education

‘Frustrating’: ESFA extends ASF contracts 6 weeks before delivery

Providers will receive a rollover of their 2023/24 adult education allocation

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

King’s Birthday Honours 2024: Damehoods for Wolf and ex-UCAS boss

More than 20 people with links to skills recognised including an MBE for an apprentice solicitor

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Election 2024, Politics

Election: FE and skills leaders react to party manifestos

Further education leaders have expressed their “alarm” at the lack of detail on education funding in the main party…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Election 2024, Politics

Election 2024: ‘Conspiracy of silence’ over unprotected public service cuts

Economists warn that FE is likely to suffer from both main parties’ plans

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


News

Students ‘live the dream’ in SFCA art exhibition 2024

Annual exhibition boasts over 200 pieces of artwork

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Election 2024, Politics

AoC publishes ‘blueprint’ for new skills quango

It comes as Labour confirms plans to introduce a new body called ‘Skills England’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Covid-19

DfE Covid lockdown party may have gone on past 1am

Staff swiped out of Sanctuary Buildings 34 times after 10am on night of party, 8 times after 1am

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Colleges, Ofsted

Second ‘outstanding’ for Cheshire college

Inspectors said teachers and leaders were “passionate” about providing life-changing opportunities for young people and adults

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Election 2024, Politics

Labour manifesto 2024: The FE pledges

Party will ‘better integrate’ further and higher education in a new strategy for post-16 education if it wins on…

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Strikes

UCU’s own staff to strike for 5 more days

Unite says it hopes the new strike dates will “really focus the minds of senior managers”

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill