Author: FE Week Reporter

Younger apprentices are being hit hardest by minimum wage non-compliance with nearly a quarter not getting the right pay levels last year, a government report has revealed. The Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2014 indicates that 24 per cent of apprentices aged 16 to 18 and learning at levels two and three were paid less than the apprentice minimum wage, […]

The University and College Union (UCU) has ruled out further strikes over this year’s pay offer for FE, but claims industrial action remains “part of its armoury” for next year’s bargaining. Delegates at a special FE sector conference on Saturday voted against further action over the offer of a 1 per cent pay rise. It comes after a […]

The government’s response to a House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee inquiry into adult literacy and numeracy has been welcomed as recognising the “urgency of the situation”. David Hughes, chief executive of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace), was among the first comment on the Department for Business, Innovation and […]

The past year was a dramatic one for FE Week which saw a change of editor and a major re-design with publication of our 100th edition. Reporter Paul Offord looks back at the highlights of 2014, the 16 FE Week supplements and 35 newspapers published. Click here to view the spread

Hopes of an ex-FE and skills learner claiming glory in the Sports Personality of Year awards last night were dashed as Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton took the BBC crown. Former Exeter College learner Jo Pavey, who won the 10,000m title at the European Championships Zurich in August 10 days after winning bronze in the 5,000m at the […]