News

Sale of NSA due to be finalised

Conference and event organiser Neil Stewart Associates (NSA) has been sold within three days of going into administration. Andrew…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Landslide leadership victory at the UCU for Sally Hunt

The general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) is pledging to put more resources at the frontline…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Accounting for apprenticeship durations

NAS confirm that 12 month minimum duration will apply to each level of the apprenticeship Apprenticeship providers should not…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Colleges secure more than half of degree student places

More than half of ‘margin’ student places – with tuition fees of less than £7,500 – have been handed…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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UKCES publish tender documents for Employer Ownership of Skills pilot

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has released the application forms and guidance document for the Employer…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

UCU head Sally Hunt speaks to FE Week after landslide re-election

The general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU) is pledging to put more resources on the frontline…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


News

Funding future faces further formulation

Implementation of a new streamlined and simplified funding system for adult skills that had already been delayed until 2013/14…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Mayor candidate pledges London EMA

Following the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance, Labour candidate Ken Livingstone pledges to restore London-wide £30-per-week allowance if…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Minister presents update on apprenticeship quality

The skills minister John Hayes has told partliament that the review into short duration apprenticeships is due to be…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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New college classification cautiously welcomed

Colleges will be coming to terms with their new found freedoms after being released from government control. The Office…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Subcontractors courted by SFA into direct relationship

Subcontractors with a total allocation of more than £1 million are being offered a direct contract by the Skills…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Frank McLoughlin to head Commission on adult vocational learning

Frank McLoughlin CBE, the principal of City and Islington College, will chair an independent Commission on adult education and…

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