News Concerns over funding for FE teacher training Questions have been raised over the further education (FE) sector’s ability to attract experts into teaching in the face of proposed… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News A closer look at non-traditional delivery models In the last few weeks, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) revealed to FE Week that a review was underway… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Learning and Skills Network in administration A charity with more than 25 years experience in the education sector has been placed into administration. Ian Oakley-Smith, David… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News BIS to review SFA and role of their Chief Executive Transparency and accountability will be the joint focus of a review launched this week into the Skills Funding Agency… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Colleges to keep left-over funding Clawback will be waived for providers who have delivered 97 per cent or more of their targets, the Skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Careers conference told to step up and get with the programme Careers guidance professionals were told to step up and get with the programme at the Institute of Careers Guidance… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Train to Gain volumes prove ‘lesson in government-speak’ The number of learners starting workplace learning continues to thrive despite the government’s focus on increasing apprenticeships. The number… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Apprenticeship marketeers doing more for less Those with a good ear for sound bites would have found it hard to miss the latest campaign to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Free vocational training for adults criticised Employers and learners should pay more towards apprenticeships, according to Graham Hoyle. Mr Hoyle, Chief Executive of the Association… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Government protects student governors after heavy NUS lobbying The Government has reversed its plans to remove the compulsory legal requirement of having two student governors at each… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News New executive director for LSIS The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has announced the appointment of Chris Cherry to its senior management team…. FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News London colleges merge Two north London colleges officially merged this week in a bid to protect their financial future The merger between… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 819 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
