Author: FE Week Reporter

A government report on the apprentice Trailblazers has identified the emergence of “potential risks … that require national attention in coming months”. The changeover to a new funding system and the pace of development of new apprenticeship standards were among several risks to successful delivery, according to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills interim […]

New College Durham principal John Widdowson will be the next president of the Association of Colleges (AoC), it was announced today. Mr Widdowson, who has been a college principal for 16 years and has served on the AoC board and Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce), will take over the role from Exeter College […]

Senior FE figures were told to abandon the traditional “heroic” leadership model at the inaugural Fetl lecture. The speech was delivered by James Krantz (pictured right), management expert from New York-based leadership consultancy Worklab, to a packed lecture hall containing leading lights from across the sector including Peter Lauener, Skills Funding Agency and Education Funding […]

The Further Education Trust for Leadership (Fetl) has announced the names of the first five organisations that it has chosen to receive a total of £270,000 in grants to fund research. Organisations with an interest in FE were invited by Fetl in November last year to apply for grants worth up to £100,000 each, to […]

An “excessive emphasis” on apprenticeships as a means to combat youth unemployment risks painting them as a “second class option” and “damages the brand”, a key group of MPs has warned. The education select committee has released its report on apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19-year-olds, in which it warns against sacrificing quality for […]