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FE colleges urged to adopt new flag and anthem

Colleges will be urged to help solve FE’s “Cinderella complex” with a bold new marketing campaign that includes a…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Schools advice plea as 16 to 18 apprenticeships keep falling

A continued drop in 16 to 18 apprenticeship starts has prompted a call for the government to clampdown on…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Report calls for National VET Centre

The creation of a national centre for vocational training has been recommended in a report by the Commission on…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Funding rate for 16 to 19-year-olds announced

Providers delivering education to 16 to 19 year olds will receive a national basic rate of £4,000 per full…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

WonderWalsall

The first general FE college to achieve an outstanding grade under Ofsted’s tough new inspection regime has been announced….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
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Colleges keep sign–off on 16 to 18 provision

The government has clarified its position on local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) after FE leaders were left scratching their heads…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


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Halesowen staff escalate action

Halesowen College staff have pledged to boycott lesson observations as four sacked staff announced they were taking the college…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Funding protection outlined by Skills Funding Agency

The Skills Funding Agency has announced more detail on a measure to protect providers from potentially huge drops in…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Scrabble to rename the FE Guild

The proposed FE Guild could have a different name by the time it is launched in August. Peter Davies,…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

‘Inadequate’ grading triggers government funding threat

City of Liverpool College could have its funding withdrawn after falling from outstanding to the lowest Ofsted grade of…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Value of new FE quality kitemark questioned

Sector bosses have called into question the “worth” of a new quality marker launched by FE Minister Matthew Hancock….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel