News Holt to apprenticeships review A review into how businesses can be encouraged to hire an apprentice has been delayed by the Department for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Soul destroying’ A4e course exposed on Twitter by former NUS Vice President An employability course managed by the ‘welfare to work’ firm A4e has been criticised on Twitter by a former… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News UNISON survey finds majority of colleges cut courses and staff A significant number of FE college courses and staff have been cut, Unison has found. The union’s survey of 190… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted grades fall in two more colleges Two more colleges have dropped a grade in recent Ofsted inspections. Bracknell and Wokingham College and Worcester College of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Youth Contract to pay colleges for helping NEETs The government will pay private companies, including 24 FE colleges, to help 16 and 17 year-olds back into a job or education,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Bulletin, News Chesterfield College appoint new principal Trevor Clay has been revealed as the new principal and chief executive of Chesterfield College. “With over 1 million young… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Download your FREE copy of FE Week lite We have today published a 5 page FE Week lite edition, which is FREE for all to download. Click… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Changes to college high grade tables a ‘mystery’ Unexplained changes to college data tables on what classifies as a ‘high grade’ have baffled colleges, who have seen… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Government plan to introduce a ‘Chartered Community College Status’ Colleges and other training providers could be given the chance to gain “chartered” status as a mark of quality,… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE Guild could become a new body responsible for professional standards The Government is poised to set up a new professional body for further education, a document leaked to FE… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Further delays for college success rate data Revised versions of the 2010/11 Education and Training National Success Rate Tables (NSRT) have been delayed until August, according… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News School leavers choose college over staying on at sixth form More 16 year-olds chose further education over staying on at a school sixth form in 2009/10, according to new… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 815 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
