Author: Fraser Whieldon

Colleges will see a 4.7 per cent increase in the unweighted base rate for full time students aged 16 and 17 as part of the chancellor’s £400 million boost to FE, it has been revealed. After having been introduced at £4,000 per year, per student since 2013, and £3,300 for 18-year-olds since 2014,, the Treasury has […]

“Meaningful” but not enough to stabilise FE for the future: that is the Association of Colleges’ response to chancellor Sajid Javid’s announcement of £400 million extra investment for colleges this morning. The association’s chief executive David Hughes said he was “delighted” the government had started to listen to college leaders, MPs, businesses, students and stakeholders. […]

Colleges are to receive a £400m boost from the chancellor, it has been announced. Sajid Javid today revealed the increase for 16-19-year-old students, which he calls “the biggest increase for a decade”. This includes £190 million to increase the base rate of funding for 16-19-year-olds; however the government has not revealed what the new base […]

Ofsted has reported a number of new apprenticeship providers have made ‘reasonable progress’ in early monitoring visits, according to reports published this week. The one independent provider that stands out, though, is British Printing Industries Federation, which has climbed from a grade three to a grade two in its latest inspection. Inspectors found there that […]

See the victories of Team UK’s medal winners in this series of spectacular photos from the WorldSkills 2019 medal ceremony. It was truly a night to remember for Team UK, which scored two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. The golds went to aircraft maintenance competitor Haydn Jakes and beauty therapy’s Rebecca West, while […]

Team UK has achieved a gold medal in beauty therapy for competitor Rebecca West. The achievement means Britain retains its place as best in that category from EuroSkills in 2018, where Holly-Mae Cotterell was voted Europe’s best beauty therapist. And it comes after Kaiya Swain came first in beauty therapy at WorldSkills 2017. Rebecca, who […]

Team UK has taken home 15 medallions of excellence from WorldSkills 2019. The medallions are earned by competitors who are judged to have reached the international standard in their skill. And here they are: #TeamUK!!!!! pic.twitter.com/g42M1DCAeP — FE Week (@FEWeek) August 27, 2019 Team UK’s medallions come after they won two gold, one silver and […]

Team UK will be loading down its aircraft home with a haul of gold, silver and bronze medals. The UK won a total of four medals at WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, including two gold medals for Haydn Jakes in aircraft maintenance and Rebecca West in beauty therapy. There is also a silver medal for Conor […]

Team UK has scored a gold medal in aircraft maintenance, thanks to the efforts of competitor Haydn Jakes. The Nottingham University learner improved on the UK’s previous result at WorldSkills 2017, where it achieved a medallion of excellence after being just six points off a medal position. It is the latest success for Haydn, who […]