News Harlow tops the tables, again Harlow College has celebrated the highest general FE college qualification success rate in England for the second year running…. Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Lord Lingfield heads chartered status panel Further education bosses have welcomed the appointment of Lord Lingfield (pictured) as chair of the group that will give… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Exam papers to be marked in India A leading FE awarding body’s decision to send exam papers to India to be marked could hit standards, Unison’s… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News K College up for grabs after ‘failed merger’ Providers have been invited to open days to find out about taking on the business of a struggling college… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Skills Funding Agency wants a chair The post of Skills Funding Agency advisory board chair is up for grabs. The agency, which manages an annual… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Colleges’ troubled merger plan goes ahead Two Midland colleges are set to merge less than two months after Skills Minister Matthew Hancock told them to… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y News Response to careers guidance ‘disappoints’ The Association of Colleges is “disappointed” by the government’s response to the education select committee’s report on careers advice… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Fears eased on funding The Association for Employment and Learning Providers has secured access to extra funding for independent providers whose allocations have… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News ‘I had my medal when I heard the noise’ As Elaine Battson collected her bag after a successful Boston Marathon, she thought the explosions she heard were fireworks… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Questions remain on Tech Bacc Government plans for a Technical Baccalaureate (Tech Bacc) have received a lukewarm welcome from the FE sector, amid questions… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Minister ‘cancels’ on traineeships Providers have been kept waiting at least another week for the government to outline its plan for traineeships. Skills… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal defiant after Ofsted grade four Third poor inspection for City College Coventry’s Paul Taylor The principal of the latest big city college to be… Nick Linford 12y Nick Linford 12y Newer 1 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 815 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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
