News NIACE distributes manifesto of womens’ right to learn A ten-point manifesto is being distributed by NIACE to help ensure every woman has the right to learn. The… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News SFA announces £25 million in Renewal Grants for colleges The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has announced that £25 million in Renewal Grants is to be made available to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Will 12 week apprentices ever be derailed? Train’d Up is the latest provider to be advertsing 12 week apprenticeships. The Skills Funding Agency has allocated Train’d… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Youth unemployment ‘never’ higher The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published the September edition of their Labour Market Statistics, and the summary… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News DfE considers first four 16-19 free schools It has emerged that four 16-19 Free Schools have been proposed. Last May the Department for Education (DfE) announced… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News SFA to take personal assets from directors of fraudulent providers The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has new powers allowing them to take personal assets which belong to the directors… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Where are the 16-18 year-olds? Survey of more than 100 colleges reveals shocking student shortfalls Colleges are facing a significant 16-18 recruitment shortfall, a… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Not-for-profit salaries ~ you decide… FE Week has been taking a look at the accounts of two similarly sized not-for-profit awarding bodies. These figures… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Learndirect aims to improve job prospects for 10,000 people Learndirect has launched Make It Count Week to help improve the nation’s job prospects. Aiming to inspire and encourage… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News McVitie’s man is Rep of the Year A union member has taken home a top award for introducing hundreds of colleagues to learning. USDAW member Jonathan… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Group adds to Careers Service debate A membership body which represents 27 further education colleges has called on the government to think again on the future… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Latest apprenticeship policy slammed The Shadow Minister for Further Education and Skills, Gordon Marsden, has hit out at a Government policy designed to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
