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13 May 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

‘Trials and tribulations’ feature at Lsect college data conference

Every year colleges are asked to change not only the data that they send to government, but the software and management tools which they use to collect it. The Autumn College Data Conference held by Lsect was a chance for further education (FE) colleges to discuss good practise with experts and colleagues. The main conference […]

Labour leadership wowed by pioneering Southend college

Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls jumped on a train to Southend to see an innovative example of traditional boundaries in education being broken down by new forms of partnership. The day after it was announced that youth unemployment had nearly touched a million, the opposition’s leadership toured Futures Community College, a […]

Colleges fear more data demands

The government is failing to cut the burden of data collection and bureaucracy, a study has suggested. Nearly 80 per cent of delegates surveyed at the Autumn College Data Conference last week thought that data demands would continue to increase in the next few years. The survey, organised by Lsect, found that data demands would […]

Pearson continue shopping spree with purchase of another training provider

Pearson have announced they have bought TQ Holdings Ltd., a private training provider based in Derbyshire. TQ provides vocational and technical education and training services to governments, institutions and corporations worldwide. The company boasts particular expertise in skills related to the defence, engineering, oil and gas and construction sectors FE Week spoke to Pearson about […]

Alison Wolf, professor of public sector management, King’s College

Alison Wolf says she had “no intention of having anything to do with education.” In fact, when she left university in the early 1970s, she was destined for a career in journalism, having secured a job on the Daily Mail’s money pages. But she never made it to the newsroom; her husband was offered a […]

WorldSkills 2011 Souvenir Supplement

Download our special WorldSkills 2011 souvenir supplement, produced in partnership with the Association of Employment and Learning Providers. Click here to download (17 mb) Watch some of our WorldSkills footage below:

AoC 16-18 recruitment survey ‘reveals major concerns among college leaders’

Half of colleges have seen a drop in enrolment figures, with the blame partly placed on the loss of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). A survey by the Association of Colleges (AoC) of 182 colleges shows 49 per cent are reporting falling numbers of 16-19-year-olds, compared to last year. It also shows a national drop […]

FE Week Edition 6

  Gold Member FE Week PDF downloads For Gold Members only Edition  6 (17 October 2011) :  Click here (12mb) Gold Membership can be subscribed to from here: https://www.eventsforce.net/lsect/34/register If your organisation is interested in a muti-subscriber discount please contact Claire Edwards on 020 8123 4778  

Apprenticeship providers continue to ignore Functional Skills

Nine out of ten apprenticeship providers are still delivering Key Skills, rather than Functional Skills, according to a recent survey by the Association of Learning Providers (AELP). The study, which had 173 responses over five working days, found that training providers had a remarkably low level of confidence in the delivery of Functional Skills in […]