Profiles

Wes Streeting, CEO, Helena Kennedy Foundation

As a “geeky, gobby” free school meals kid with naff trainers, the young Wes Streeting was never going to...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Happy learner = outstanding college

Students’ Unions (SU) can ruffle the feathers of some college principals, for others they are their gateway to enhancing...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

The SFA survey says…

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) have published the results from their first College and Training Organisation Survey. Responses were...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Good luck with R02

Colleges and other providers are being reminded that the first ‘required’ Individualised Learner Record (ILR) is due by 6pm...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Uncategorized

FE Week mini-mascot (Edition 4)

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been driving in my...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

No change to MLPs

 The SFA and YPLA have confirmed that there will be no change to Minimum Levels of Performance (MLP). The...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Unemployment ‘free-for-all’

Leaked Skills Funding Agency email reveals more late policy changes, but will colleges refund the fees? Colleges will for...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Lifelong Learning Accounts launched without a launch

  Lifelong Learning Accounts were made available last week despite no formal announcement and minimal publicity from the Department...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

FE colleges could be “left to stand on their own two feet”

Government reforms could see colleges given greater freedoms under plans to deregulate further education (FE). The Education Bill, which...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter