News

‘Soul destroying’ A4e course exposed on Twitter by former NUS Vice President

An employability course managed by the ‘welfare to work’ firm A4e has been criticised on Twitter by a former...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Holt to apprenticeships review

A review into how businesses can be encouraged to hire an apprentice has been delayed by the Department for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Young landscape gardeners selected for WorldSkills UK squad

Seven landscape gardeners have earned a place in Squad UK for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. The competitors were chosen after...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin, News

Chesterfield College appoint new principal

Trevor Clay has been revealed as the new principal and chief executive of Chesterfield College. “With over 1 million young...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Youth Contract to pay colleges for helping NEETs

The government will pay private companies, including 24 FE colleges, to help 16 and 17 year-olds back into a job or education,...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

FE Guild will make no difference without a culture of shared professional identity

Last year it was my great pleasure to be invited to the celebratory dinner held during WorldSkills; in my...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Bulletin

Blackburn College gets hammered

One of the world’s strongest men has made the trip to Blackburn College to help knock down its seven...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

School leavers choose college over staying on at sixth form

More 16 year-olds chose further education over staying on at a school sixth form in 2009/10, according to new...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Newcastle College cuts inspection short after ‘troubling incidents’

Inspectors were asked to leave Newcastle College after staff complained of “troubling incidents” during an inspection. Ofsted were assessing NCG...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter