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 News Peter Jones enterprise academy to launch in the West Midlands BBC Dragon Peter Jones has increased his interest in further education by launching his first academy in the West… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News New report calls on the government to make maths mandatory A review comissioned by the Conservative Party proposes that young people should be forced to study mathematics up to… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News College principal to ride 1000 miles in 10 days with ‘Blind Dave’ The principal of South Birmingham College is helping a local blind man ride a tandem bicycle the length of… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Foundation Degree awarding powers granted to FE colleges for the first time Newcastle College Group and New College Durham are the first FE colleges to be granted Foundation Degree awarding powers… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News Skills Funding Agency announce late and unexpected changes to learner fees The Skills Funding Agency has announced for the first time that non-tuition fee income (such as for registrations and… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News FE principal appointed to UKCES Board The chief executive of Eastleigh College, Mr Tony Lau-Walker, is one of nine new members appointed to the UK… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
