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Anger over threat to legal status of student governors

UNISON have published a press release stating that “last-minute amendment to the Education Bill could remove the legal right…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Unionlearn launch dyslexia awareness campaign‏

Unionlearn, the education arm of the TUC, is launching a campaign to help employers understand more about dyslexia. Events and…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Education unions join forces to lobby over pension cuts

A petition opposing pension cuts was delivered to the Department for Education (DfE) by all seven education unions this morning….

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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FE Week hits over 100,000 views

Since FE Week launched in early September our website has had over 100,000 page views. On average that means…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Study on bureaucracy expected next month

A study on reducing bureaucracy in further education (FE) is due for release next month. The study, conducted by…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Sixth-form funding expected to fall dramatically in next three years

Sixth-form spending is expected to fall by 15.8 per cent in the next three years, according to a report…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


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Employers use apprentices for ‘cheap labour’

Colleges and training providers say employers should pay towards apprentice training programmes. A survey conducted by Lsect asked if…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Free meals for hard-hit students at Newham College

Newham College is giving out around 1,500 free meals to students each week in a bid to tackle cuts…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Skills Minister John Hayes meets Jaguar Land Rover apprentices

John Hayes visited Jaguar and Landrover apprentices as part of the ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ initiative earlier this week. The…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Attempt to ‘simplify’ funding may prove barrier to FE loans

A consultation on proposals for a further education loans system is set to close today (October 21). The Department…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Hundreds of 12 week apprenticeships advertised on NAS website are ‘under review’

The apprenticeship programmes delivered by the hotelier De Vere are under review and “likely to change” as part of…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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Number of adult apprenticeships expected to more than triple

The number of apprenticephip starts aged 25 and above is expected to soar in the latest Statistical First Release (SFR)…

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