Author: FE Week Reporter

Sector leaders have complained about “patchy” government support for providers joining the battle against the radicalisation of learners, after a survey indicated that 45 per cent of FE staff were not trained for the task. From September 21, FE institutions will be subject to the prevent duty, which requires them to put policies in place […]

An investigation into the impact of the government’s devolution and localism proposals on further education is being launched by the Association of Colleges (AoC) and the University of Oxford. The research project called “leadership in a world of change” will seek to evaluate how localism is being devised against a backdrop of further education funding […]

The government’s Careers and Enterprise Company was today due to announce the roll-out of its piloted system of ‘enterprise advisers’ to go into colleges and schools. The plan, announced in July, is for all 39 local enterprise partnerships (Leps) across the country to employ ‘enterprise co-ordinators’ to work with the advisers — with 28 Leps […]

More than 20 MPs have shown support for TeamUK’s success at WorldSkills São Paolo 2015 by signing an early day motion (EDM) congratulating the team for its “fantastic achievements”. The EDM, which had 22 signatures at the time of publication, praises the team’s performance during the competition and “pays tribute to the 40 young people […]

Labour will have to appoint a fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in the space of two-and-a-half years after John Woodcock stood down following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader. A spokesperson for the MP for Barrow and Furness, in Cumbria, told FE Week this morning that “he is not staying on as […]

Former Pensions and Ageing Society Minister Angela Eagle (pictured above) has been confirmed as the new Shadow Business Secretary after her predecessor Chuka Umunna quit the Shadow Cabinet. Ms Eagle, who was elected MP for Wallasey, in Merseyside, in 1992, said on Twitter this morning that she was “very happy to have been appointed Shadow SoS […]

Former Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable’s ‘dual mandate’ consultation looks likely to have been binned by officials after the deadline for a government response passed without note. The 90-page consultation document put 44 questions to the FE sector on what was described as its ‘dual mandate’ — vocational learning for those who achieved at school […]