News

AoC board set for shake-up to bring in outside experts

A major reorganisation of the board at the Association of Colleges (AoC) will see many of the principals replaced...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

A new approach to financial regulation and oversight in the sector

Shortly after the scandal at Hadlow College Group was exposed, the government commissioned an independent review of college financial...

Billy Camden
Chris Todd
Opinion

Measuring impact fairly in the devolved areas

The mayoral combined authorities are developing impact and performance measures to assess whether the adult education budget is having...

Billy Camden
Harminder Matharu
News

DfE granted screening firm access to 28m learner records

The founder of a firm at the centre of a major education data breach involving betting companies was subject...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Back our bid to host WorldSkills 2027

Show your support for the bid at FEWeek.co.uk/BackABid and on social media using #BackABid. This is the decade when...

Billy Camden
Shane Mann
News

Coupland tells FE Week she will have ‘independent voice’ and is ‘excited to step out of the confines’ of the DfE

The new boss of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is “excited to step out of the confines”...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE gender pay gap closing – but men get bigger bonuses

Bonuses paid to men working at the Department for Education were on average 3.8 per cent larger than those...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

British Airways own apprenticeship recruitment faces grounding after Ofsted visit

Apprenticeships at a major airline have been heavily criticised by Ofsted, which found “disorganisation” and “inconsistency” meant too many...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

Where is Ofsted’s evidence that colleges are being dishonest over job prospects?

Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, used yesterday’s annual report speech to repeat her criticism first aired in 2018 that...

Billy Camden
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