News SFA interim chief executive to be revealed later today The new interim chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be announced later today. The Department for… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News ‘Cheated’ colleges’ secret audit A report commissioned by a secret group of FE colleges has accused other institutions of manipulating data in order… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Sunderland College staff to strike over proposed pay cuts Staff at Sunderland College are striking over a row concerning their pay. The University and College Union (UCU) said… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted adds to criticism of A4e Staff at A4e are struggling to improve the way they deliver apprenticeships, according to a monitoring report published by… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Poor information on vocational courses given to students A third of pupils have never been presented with the option of taking up a vocational course, according to research… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Redundancies announced at the Association of Colleges The Association of Colleges (AoC) is making redundancies as part of a cost saving and “restructuring process”. The job losses… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA launches Community Learning Innovation Fund A new community learning fund has been launched today by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). The Community Learning Innovation… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News UKCES survey highlights ‘skills potholes’ in the UK More than two in five businesses operating in the UK do not provide training opportunities for their staff, according… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE Minister gets the final word The skills minister has been scrutinised by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee in the… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short apprenticeships offer “no real benefit,” say MPs Apprenticeships delivered in six months or less offer “no real benefit” to learners or employers, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News FE loans met with “widespread dismay” Only one in ten adults say they would “definitely” take out a loan to study a level 3 course… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Short apprenticeships offer “no real benefit,” say MPs Apprenticeships delivered in six months or less offer “no real benefit” to learners or employers, according to a report… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y Newer 1 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 819 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
