Adult education

Multiply boosts adult education numbers

Adult education numbers are slightly up on last year with rising demand for ESOL and free level 3 courses

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Kion Ahadi named as new Federation of Awarding Bodies chief

He will lead the membership body from February

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted

Hull sixth form college celebrates first Ofsted ‘outstanding’

Principal praises staff and students for getting ‘the grade we deserved’

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Industrial action

Latest college pay deals revealed

University and College Union agrees new pay deals at 24 colleges

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
AI, Apprenticeships

Higher-level apprenticeships ‘most exposed’ training route to AI advancement

Education jobs also among the most affected occupation by artificial intelligence

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Industrial action

Minimum service level proposals: Everything colleges need to know

It will be left up to principals to decide ‘appropriate’ staffing levels and down to colleges to issue new…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

DfE wants 3 in 4 students in during strikes, leaked documents reveal

Ministers accused of acting in ‘bad faith’ and deliberately ‘collapsing’ minimum service level talks with unions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges

College learners forced to study remotely after bus driver strike

Go North East bus strike forces colleges to pay thousands for private transport for learners

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Revealed: The 2023 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Sixteen winners from across UK schools and colleges recognised

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships, Politics

Halfon opposes levy changes – despite chancellor’s openness for reforms

Conservative MPs pile in on calls to reform the apprenticeship levy

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

‘More transparent’ Ofsted complaints process gets go ahead

Internal reviews scrapped and new post-inspection calls allowed in changes to speed up process and increase transparency

Amy Walker
Amy Walker

Must read

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
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor