News Exclusive: Colleges given green light to recruit full-time 14 and 15 year olds FE Week can exclusively reveal that the Minister for Skills (above) has written to two members of the 14-16 College… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News FE welcomes £270m cash injection The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, which announced £270m of new capital money for FE, has been celebrated as a “big… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Richard Review angers AELP A review of apprenticeships that called for workplace tax breaks has been angrily rejected by the Association of Employment… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News New FE Guild chair looks to technology The chair of the FE Guild steering group has revealed to FE Week why he would make it an… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Hoyle wants schools ‘penalised’ Schools where pupils fail to reach A to C standard in GCSE maths and English should be penalised by… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News VAT plans will dent adult apprenticeships Training experts say adults will be put off apprenticeships after the government announcement that training providers must charge VAT… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Twigg: You’ve snatched our Tech Bacc The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Stephen Twigg, has accused Skills Minister Matthew Hancock of “stealing the idea… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News AELP members respond to Richard Review with ‘anger’ The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) today responded to the Richard Review of Apprenticeships. See their response… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Learner voices at heart of 157 Group publication The 157 Group has published ‘a collection of ten learner voices’, compiled in collaboration with the National Association of… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Principal of Leeds City College to be chair of 157 Group FE Week can reveal that today Peter Roberts (pictured), principal of Leeds City College, has been unanimously elected as… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News Skills Commission search for a ‘Google College’ future A group of cross-party MPs and leading figures from the further education sector have called on multinational companies and colleges to… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y News College principal appointed as AoC deputy chief executive A new deputy chief executive has been appointed to the Association of Colleges (AoC). Gill Clipson, principal of Amersham… FE Week Reporter 12y FE Week Reporter 12y Newer 1 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 806 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
