Author: Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu

Robert Halfon, the former education minister who chaired the Parliamentary education committee for the past two-and-a-half years, is seeking re-election to the role. The Harlow MP confirmed to sister newspaper FE Week that he will run “on a platform of the education ladder of opportunity, with rungs on skills, social justice, standards and support for […]

As 2019 draws to a close, we are taking a look back at the stories of the year, as told through the medium of FE Week’s cartoons. Sir Gerry Berragan, boss of the Institute for Apprenticeships, and prime minister Boris Johnson, racked up the most appearances, with six and five respectively. Other sector figures to […]

The national finalists of the 2020 AAC Apprenticeship Awards have been announced. Forty-four organisations and individuals have been shortlisted in 22 categories after more than 350 entries were submitted by colleges, training providers and employers. The awards were first launched in 2017 by FE Week and the Association of Education and Learning Providers (AELP). Managing […]

The government has admitted to not contacting any of the hundreds of FE loan scandal victims despite having the power to cancel their debts. The education secretary has been able to cancel advanced learner loans for learners left in debt when their provider goes bust since July 1, 2019, following a change in legislation. But […]

As we enter the final stretch of the 2019 general election, FE Week has run through all the education and skills candidates to keep an eye on. Given the constant changes in the polls and domination of Brexit, which is expected to lead to more tactical voting than ever before, no politician’s seat is safe. […]

A software firm and three providers working in the care sector have been heavily criticised by Ofsted, in a mixed week for FE providers. Genius Software Solutions Limited was one of two new private providers to be awarded three out of three ‘insufficient progress’ grades in early monitoring reports. The education watchdog found its apprenticeships […]

Every provider that challenged the government on English and maths condition of funding penalties over the past three years had its appeal accepted, new data has revealed. A Freedom of Information request by FE Week shows that 135 eligible business cases which contested funding adjustments were submitted to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) […]

The “extremely large” rises in adult education spending proposed by Labour and the Liberal Democrats open up “genuine risks” to fraud and poor value for money, a think-tank has warned. A new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has analysed the FE pledges from the three main political parties ahead of next week’s general […]