News Hundreds of Zenos apprenticeships ‘delayed’ Hundreds of people have been affected by the postponement of an apprenticeship programme led by a major provider. Zenos,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week Investigates: Further education leaders honoured A former college principal has spoken exclusively to FE Week of his shock after being chosen to receive a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship review targets 45 providers More than 40 colleges and training providers are being investigated as part of the review into short duration apprenticeships…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Cash boost for work experience Colleges in areas with high proportions of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) have been given… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Eight sentenced – including six jailed – over £500,000 college fraud Eight fraudsters have been sentenced, including six jailed, for conning colleges out of more than half-a-million-pounds. The sentences, handed… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Arise Sir Geoffrey Hall Geoff Hall, former Principal of New College Nottingham and contributor to FE Week, is one of just 27 people… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week investigates: The National Extension College is ‘reborn’ Little more than a month ago, thousands of students faced uncertainty after the owners of a distance-learning institution plunged… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Enhanced Renewal Grants given to 46 further education colleges Forty six colleges will receive Enhanced Renewal Grants, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced. The additional funding, worth… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeships special edition The first pilot edition of FE Week in June 2011 (see picture) ran an exclusive story about 12 week… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News De Vere strikes deal with NAS to introduce ‘short’ Access to Apprenticeships An organisation whose apprenticeship programmes were placed under review has launched a new delivery model. The De Vere Academy… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship policy doesn’t address “issues of quality and progression”, says Gordon Marsden MP Gordon Marsden MP, Shadow Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, spoke to FE Week about the government’s… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship inquiry calls for evidence The Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee is calling for evidence ahead of an inquiry into apprenticeships. Written… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 817 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 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 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 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo