FE Week Reporter

‘I’ll have a look’ at college VAT issue, says PM

Starmer pledges to talk to the Treasury after DfE’s latest exemption request rejection

Mayors’ use of AEB powers ‘disappointing’, says ex No 10 adviser

Ex skills advisers Alison Wolf and Michael Barber will share their insider perspectives on how further education and skills is perceived in Whitehall

Tony Blair is out of touch – does Labour still not ‘get’ skills?

Dame Ann Limb has her say on the former prime minister’s call to scrap GCSEs and A-levels

Back A Bid: Campaign to host WorldSkills 2027 in the UK

FE Week is coordinating a campaign for the UK to host WorldSkills in 2027. The chief executive of WordSkills UK used this paper earlier in January to suggest that their organisation was starting to look at whether we could host a future competition. We believe this would be an amazing opportunity for our sector and […]

Revealed: WorldSkills UK LIVE 2018 competition results

Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills UK Live this evening at Birmingham’s NEC. City of Glasgow College found themselves at the top of the provider league table for a third consecutive year with 17 medals. They were followed by New College Lanarkshire, […]

DfE director and apprenticeship group chair Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations

A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour by guests, following an undercover investigation by journalists. A story by the Financial Times, published earlier today, revealed allegations of “groping, sexual harassment and propositioning” of women hired as “hostesses” for […]

WorldSkills 2017: Josh attempts to repeat European success

A welder from Norwich who has a family history in the trade is aiming to replicate his golden success at EuroSkills in this week’s WorldSkills competition. Josh Peek (pictured above), a 21-year-old who trains at Great Yarmouth College, described how “happy” he was with his progress on day two of the global skills contest being […]

WorldSkills 2017: Spectacular opening ceremony marks the start of competitions

The best of British took centre stage with the world watching tonight as Abu Dhabi put on a spectacular opening ceremony to officially open the 44th WorldSkills. Around 10,000 people packed inside the du Arena on Yas Island for this year’s competition opener, which was live streamed around the globe and featured authentic Arabic dance […]

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