News

Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair

Robert Halfon has been re-elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary education committee. The Conservative MP’s re-election was...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

SFA lost 1,000 staff in just six years

The Skills Funding Agency shed over 1,000 staff when responsible for apprenticeship providers and college financial oversight, before being...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding starts moving students out

A college has begun moving classes and residents out of their tower block as they prepare for a multi-million...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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