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13 May 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Cornwall College Business apprentice wins Worldskills UK final

Cornwall College Business apprentice Ben Moran was awarded first place at the Worldskills UK CNC Milling national final. Ben, 21, who works for Redruth-based Pall Aerospace, won the competition bv competing in a series of tough challenges against others from around the country. The final, held at Yale College in Wrexham, was designed to shows […]

The Guardian reports on ‘striking rise’ of adult apprenticeships

The dramatic increase in apprentices aged above 25, reported by FE Week back in June, has been picked up by The Guardian newspaper today. Page 10 (also online) of the national newspaper expanded on the issueusing research published by the House of the Commons. Click here to download. Jeevan Vasagar and Jessica Shepherd, writing for The Guardian said: […]

Government careers advisory group slams reduction in services for young people

An advisory group set up by government to manage the new National Careers Service has publically denounced the reduction in services for young people. In a press release published this week, the Group expressed many of their concerns and said that they had considered resigning at a pre-meeting. They said: “At a time when young […]

Artsmark programme to expand into FE colleges

The Artsmark award will be opened up to include Further Education instutions in September. The programme, set up by Arts Council England, will work in partnership with The National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural to monitor and award ‘Artsmarked’ colleges. Pauline Tambling, Managing Director of the Skills Academy said: “Introducing Artsmark to the Further […]

FE Week to cycle with Birmingham principal and ‘Blind Dave’

FE Week will be cycling hard next Tuesday in order to welcome back South Birmingham College Principal Mike Hopkins and local blind man Dave Heeley as they complete the Birmingham leg of their charity challenge. We’ll interview the pair and travel alongside them in order to create exclusive video reports on their progress. As reported […]

HE consultation welcomed cautiously by Association of Colleges

A technical consultation paper from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is proposing that FE colleges have more opportunities to provide degree qualifications. The paper published on August 3rd calls for legislative changes to Degree Awarding Powers, removing the barrier to non-teaching bodies and making them more widely available for FE colleges. The […]

Government changes to fees welcome, but timing and communication a frustration

In recent days there have been some positive developments in the area of the fees policy, potentially assisting a number of prospective students who might have found the need to pay a fee a major barrier to learning.  However, whilst these last minute changes are very welcome, what is far less welcome is the timing […]