Author: Billy Camden

Day two of FE Week’s Festival of Skills proved to be every bit as insightful, thought-provoking and fun as day one. We have again put together a selection of photos to try and capture the atmosphere of the continuing professional development event of the year for FE and skills, held at the stunning Capel Manor […]

We’ve put together a selection of photos from day one of FE Week’s Festival of Skills at Capel Manor College’s glorious 74-acre site in North London. The continuing professional development event for FE and skills is hosted by Summerhouse Events and in partnership with City and Guilds, the Education and Training Foundation, and the Department […]

Outstanding FE and skills achievers have been honoured at FE Week’s Festival of Skills for this year’s City & Guilds Lion Awards. The stunning grounds of Capel Manor College, in North London, was the setting for the ceremony this evening (June 7), hosted by BBC breakfast and Celebrity MasterChef presenter Louise Minchin, to recognise the […]

The Skills Funding Agency has written to all colleges and independent learning providers to make sure they are aware of data compliance with funding rules. Dawn Ward (pictured), chair of the SFA’s data and management information advisory group, sent the letter as part of a new in-year financial assurance monitoring process. Just before Christmas in […]

Ofsted’s new chief inspector has pledged to remove the “blanket of concern” over FE that many believe have been left by her predecessor. Amanda Spielman (pictured), who has been selected by the government to succeed Sir Michael Wilshaw when his term ends in December, told MPs on the education select committee on Wednesday that FE […]

Concerns have been raised over apprentice assessment organisations (AAOs) for apprenticeship standards — after it emerged that half of those approved so far are not regulated by Ofqual. Only three AAOs have been approved by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), which first began accepting submissions to the new register of apprenticeship assessment organisations (RoAAO) in […]

A college has gone back on its “threat” not to pay part-time agency staff over delayed student assessment work — after FE Week made senior leaders aware of the dispute. Twelve self-employed agency workers from FE Resources, a “sub-company” of Lincoln College, received an initial email on June 7 telling them they wouldn’t be paid […]

Colleges have again been warned to be vigilant after fraudsters posing as principals have been foiled in a string of attempted scams to hit the sector. Harlow College first raised the alarm about bogus emails requesting money transfers, but FE Week understands that at least three more colleges — Walsall, Exeter, and Harrow — have […]