News

Alternative provision in ‘desperate need of reform’, damning Ofsted and CQC report says

AP transition to post-16 provision ‘often delayed’, report says, with unclear oversight responsibilities

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Adult education, Devolution

WEA threatens legal action against combined authority amid grant funding row

A decision to refuse to grant fund the WEA puts 70 jobs at risk

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Sponsored post

Countdown to milestone 10th Annual Apprenticeship Conference

Organisers have announced keynotes from apprenticeship minister Robert Halfon MP, shadow minister Seema Malhotra MP and His Majesty’s Chief…

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AAC
WorldSkills 2024

WorldSkills: Pearson announced as official Team UK partner

UK names squad for renewable energy and additive manufacturing competitions

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
BTECs, T Levels

71 courses face the axe in favour of wave 4 T Levels

Popular BTECs in media and animal management to be scrapped, DfE announces

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
T Levels

‘Shock’ as ministers suddenly scrap hairdressing and barbering T Levels

Hair industry employers preferred apprenticeships to the proposed T Level

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


land-based colleges, Long read

Inside the college sector with an educational, societal and cultural mission

Their idyllic rural settings, historic buildings and strong links with local communities have enabled land-based colleges to diversify their…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Exams

Ofqual: Functional skills exams ‘not too challenging’

Regulators are investigating ‘potential issue’ with maths problem solving questions

Josh Barrie
Josh Barrie
News

Functional skills ‘commercially unviable’, research suggests

Average delivery costs still leave training providers making a loss on functional skills, even with funding increase

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Dear Jeremy: FE’s wishlist for 2024 budget

Sector representatives have made their case for funding for teacher pay, adult education and apprenticeships

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

Students’ union to represent Jewish apprentices

Jewish apprentices can become full members of UJS

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Strikes

London mega-college staff cut short strike action over workload agreement

Workers meant to strike for eight days end up picketing for three days after talks

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill
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
Jessica Hill
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