Opinion

A UTC failure is a setback for vocational education

Lynne Sedgmore called for a review of the drive for more UTCs in light of the second UTC closure,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Recruitment at 14 ‘difficult’ as UTCs’ capacity runs as low as 12.2pc

Six out of 30 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are operating at up to just a third full — with...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Euro ‘funding gap’ warning of closures and staff lay-offs

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has warned that a “funding gap” for schemes backed by European...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Trailblazer status in balance after grade four result

An employer provider’s status as an apprenticeship Trailblazer was today in the balance after Ofsted found it had “no...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Interim replacement hired while New College Stamford principal ‘on leave’

Former Lincoln College principal of 14 years John Allen (pictured above left) has taken over from under fire New College...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Concern grows that FE quality mark has ‘stalled’

Concern is growing in the FE sector that plans for an FE Chartered Status quality mark have “stalled” with...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Shakira hopes to inspire minority groups with NUS election win

The newly-elected National Union of Students (NUS) vice president for FE Shakira Martin (pictured above left) has told of her...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Dual mandate spells double danger

A month after the launch of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) ‘dual mandate’ consultation on the...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Apprenticeship success rates fall nearly 5pc points

Last week, FE Week revealed the best and worst success rates performers for classroom-based provision in 2013/14 — and...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter