Fraser Whieldon | FE Week

College seeks ‘positive disruptor’ to champion EDI policy

Applicants from inside and outside the sector are being sought to tackle accessibility, curriculum design, and workplace practice

Measure college success by social outcomes as well as students’ jobs, report says

Colleges should choose social outcomes for learners like confidence or making friends, the think tank says

DfE launches digital service for advertising levy transfers

DfE launch their scheme enabling levy payers to advertise their available funds for transfer.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 361

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving, which this week features Jen Hope from the Association of Colleges, Vanessa Rhodes from Protocol, and Adam Warsop from Remit. Jen Hope, Area director for East and West Midlands, Association of Colleges Start date: August 2021 Previous job: Member services manager, Midlands and East, AoC Interesting […]

FE Heroes of Olympics and Paralympics: Alumni make up a fifth of Team GB medal haul

Past and present FE students brought home more than a fifth of Team GB’s medal haul from this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. FE Week has looked at the education background of our 189 gold, silver and bronze medal winners at both events and found 40 who went to an FE or sixth-form […]

Afghan refugees will be offered free English courses, Department for Education says

The Department for Education has promised free English courses for Afghan refugees as part of the government’s Operation Warm Welcome scheme. Millions of pounds are being made available for specialist education support for families fleeing the Taliban. Funding rules have also been clarified by the government to ensure the refugees can enrol on adult education […]

Legal risk to providers over lack of non-binary options

Providers are warning they face “massive” legal and reputational risk because the Education and Skills Funding Agency continues to make students choose a sex rather than their gender to enrol on courses. Currently, the individualised learner record, which providers have to fill in with a student’s information to access funding, mandates learners choose either male […]

UCU fires warning shot over use of recorded lessons

A data protection expert has urged colleges to revise their privacy agreements after a union raised concerns about the safeguarding and legal implications of reusing recorded lectures. In the aftermath of the pandemic, when in-person provision was shut off and virtual delivery became the norm, the University and College Union (UCU) is worried that colleges […]

Mystery surrounds departure of experienced principal

An experienced principal has been mysteriously replaced following an FE Commissioner check-up. Andy Forbes (pictured top) left City of Bristol College days before the start of the new academic year and has since revealed he was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes last year, but stressed this had not stopped him working. Deputy principal Richard Harris has […]