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 News Is there an apprentice in the House? Lord Sugar has one annually and now MP Robert Halfon is ready to do the same. Andy Huckle (20)… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News EMA replacement decisions slammed by the Education Select Committee The government’s new student support funding for 16-18 year olds has come far too late to allow 2011/12 students… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News ESOL impact assessment fails to impress The government has today agreed a partial u-turn on ESOL cuts after an impact assessment ordered by FE and Skills… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y News YPLA expresses ‘major concerns’ over government funding consultations On the 13th April 2011 the Department for Education (DfE) published two funding consultations presenting high level principles for… FE Week Reporter 14y FE Week Reporter 14y Newer 1 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
