News

London Mayor Boris leading London area FE review

Boris Johnson (pictured) has been given a key role in deciding the future of London’s FE colleges, FE Week...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Apprenticeship levy plans may be better as ‘nuclear’ deterrent, says top Oxford University academic

A senior academic has said apprenticeship levy plans were like a “nuclear weapon — it may be worth threatening...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Royal visit marks mental health event

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge highlighted the importance of talking about mental health as they visited Harrow College...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Sir Ben sets learners off on rib-making journey

Four-time Olympic sailing champion Sir Ben Ainslie will be using boats hand-built by City College Southampton apprentices when he...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

All over the Rover for charity

The Car repair students at Newcastle College put their skills to work by restoring a classic car in aid...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Celebrity salon gets knockout opening

Former world heavyweight boxing champion David Haye used his hands to less damaging effect when he arrived to cut...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Shelagh Legrave, principal, Chichester College

There is an ongoing debate in the FE college sector about whether a principal should have a classroom background,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

‘At least 100 hours of experience of the world of work by the age of 16’

Fresh from her appearance on the Edge annual lecture panel, Deirdre Hughes explains how a skills gap solution might...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

When is an apprentice not an apprentice?

Graham Hasting-Evans considers whether Lord Sugar’s quest for simply an ‘apprentice’ rather than, for example, a higher or intermediate...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter