Bulletin

Aishah turns to adult education to make a human rights difference

Having fled persecution in Afghanistan as a trainee human rights lawyer, Aishah Saried turned to English FE so she...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Has Gazelle changed its spots?

Gazelle has responded to long-running criticism that its £35k membership fee, along with other costs, could not be justified...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Apprentices get minimum wage boost with paypackets of lowest-earning up 20 per cent

Apprentices were today benefiting from a 20 per cent boost to their National Minimum Wage to £3.30 an-hour. Business...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

New destination data performance measure aims to have ‘bite’ to ‘provoke transformational improvements’

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) today launched a consultation on a new destination data performance measure...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

‘Not only a car crash, but a multiple pile-up’ — the FE sector view revisited six months after 2015 survey

The 2015 FE Week and Policy Consortium survey was published on the brink of a general election.  Six months...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Movers and Shakers

Edition 148: Movers and Shakers

Bosses at Lincolnshire’s New College Stamford will be hoping for a period of stability after appointing their fourth principal in just...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell includes FE funding in top three priorities

Campaigning to protect FE funding is one of Lucy Powell’s top three priorities, the new Shadow Education Secretary told...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Government presiding over ‘skills emergency’ and ‘dumbing down apprenticeships,’ Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle tells Labour conference

The government is “presiding over a skills emergency which threatens economic growth” while cutting FE funding and “dumbing down...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Kathryn lends hair support to friend undergoing chemotherapy

A Solihull learner braved the chop and had her long locks cut off to show support for a close friend...

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FE Week Reporter