News Research shows that LGBT learners are being treated better in FE Research comissioned by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) learners are being… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Double delay announced by the Data Service The Data Service announced on Wednesday that they would start the 2011/12 academic year by paying providers each month… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week visits South Thames College for A Level results day Thousands of students across the country picked up their A Level results yesterday by visiting their sixth form or… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Consultation report outlines plans for further education loans A consultation report released yesterday by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) outlines a new loan system… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week follows Top2Toe charity challenge through Birmingham Over the last couple of days FE Week has been following the Top2Toe charity fundraiser lead by Dave ‘Blind… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Youth unemployment shows no improvement in latest quarter The latest government statistics show that youth unemployment has changed very little in the last three months. The Labour… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News The Guardian reports on ‘striking rise’ of adult apprenticeships The dramatic increase in apprentices aged above 25, reported by FE Week back in June, has been picked up by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Artsmark programme to expand into FE colleges The Artsmark award will be opened up to include Further Education instutions in September. The programme, set up by… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE Week to cycle with Birmingham principal and ‘Blind Dave’ FE Week will be cycling hard next Tuesday in order to welcome back South Birmingham College Principal Mike Hopkins… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Government careers advisory group slams reduction in services for young people An advisory group set up by government to manage the new National Careers Service has publically denounced the reduction… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News HE consultation welcomed cautiously by Association of Colleges A technical consultation paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is proposing that FE colleges have… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Government u-turn on college fee remission policy The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published a press release this week which says that within current budgets,… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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