News £60m yacht? That could give 45,000 students EMA, says NUS The National Union of Students (NUS) has suggested how the estimated £60 million needed to buy a new yacht… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Schools with sixth forms restricting college access Schools with sixth forms are giving students biased advice and restricting the access of colleges and training providers, according… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Case for employer ownership unclear The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has confirmed its most recent report was drawn up using no… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Further 16-18 apprenticeship funding rate reduction The government is proceeding with plans to reduce the national funding rate for 16 to 18 apprenticeships by another… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News UCU case against IfL has now been ‘discontinued’ Legal proceedings between the University and College Union (UCU) and the Institute for Learning (IfL) have been discontinued. The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Simon Waugh to leave National Apprenticeship Service Simon Waugh is to step down as chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS). The revelation follows a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Geoff Russell to retire from Skills Funding Agency Geoff Russell has announced that he will leave the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) this summer. Mr Russell (53), who will… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News BBC 5 live investigates apprenticeships Apprenticeship schemes which misuse taxpayers’ money is to be debated by leading figures in the FE sector on ‘5… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week visits parliament to meet the apprentices working in MP’s offices The number of apprentices working in MP’s offices are on the rise, just as young people undertaking an unpaid… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship sales force enrol themselves Call centre staff at a training provider have enrolled onto an apprenticeship programme to improve their skills. Twenty workers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News UTC scuppered by college and university dispute A college principal which helped create the University Technical College (UTC) model has been forced to postpone her own… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Gove could do BETTer for FE The shadow minister has hit out at the disregarding of further education in the overhaul of the ICT curriculum…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 819 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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
