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 News Newcastle College cuts inspection short after ‘troubling incidents’ Inspectors were asked to leave Newcastle College after staff complained of “troubling incidents” during an inspection. Ofsted were assessing NCG… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Fifteen Community Learning Trusts approved for pilot scheme Fifteen Community Learning Trusts have been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme launching in August. The successful trusts… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 819 Older Must read Colleges, Long read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
