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15 April 2026

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PRCA and Pearson in Practice announce 600 PR apprentices

PRCA and Pearson in Practice has announced plans to create 600 apprentices in public relations over the next three years. The programme, developed in partneship with Edexcel and CfA, follows a successful application to the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) worth £1.2 million over two years. The new scheme, set to start in September 2012, will […]

Campaign for accessible colleges launched

The National Union of Students (NUS) has teamed up with the The Changing Places campaign to make college campuses more accessible.   The NUS has launched its Access Challenge campaign, which is aimed at improving the access to university and college campuses. As part of this campaign, NUS will be campaigning for Changing Places toilets […]

FE Week mini-mascot (Edition 12)

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been trying to find a path-related pun” And also you can follow our FE Week mini-mascot on Twitter @daniellinford

Stop lecturing me and play fair

It was billed as the “biggest strike for over 30 years” with schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, courts, transport, immigration and government all hit by a walkout involving up to two million workers. I’m old enough to remember the ‘Winter of Discontent’ and the strikes of the 80s and I am struggling to recall what industrial […]

Colleges close as lecturers walkout over pension dispute

Lecturers across the country went on strike as part of the industrial action against pension cuts. A number of further education (FE) colleges closed due to the extent of the walkout, while others stayed open but experienced disruptions to their daily schedules. The action took place on Wednesday as part of a nationwide public service […]

Birmingham colleges announce merger plan

South Birmingham College and City College Birmingham have agreed to take forward a proposal to merge. An outline of the proposal to merge, which should result in members of the City College Birmingham Governing body joining the existing Governing Body of South Birmingham College, has been submitted to the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). It is […]

BIS publish their Skills Investment Statement 2011-2014

This morning the Department for Business Innovation and Skills published their Skills investment statement 2011-2014: Investing in a World Class Skills System. FE Week will be bringing you the highlights shortly. Download a copy of the investment statement by clicking here.

BIS respond to their FE reform consultation

This morning the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) published their response their FE reform consultation, called the Further Education and Skills System Reform Plan: Building a World Class Skills System. The BIS statement reads: “Key reforms to Further Education will see  businesses helping to develop the courses that best meet their needs for […]

College targeted in £475k fraud

A college was conned out of nearly half-a-million pounds of taxpayers’ cash. Castle College, which has sites in Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, and in Beeston, paid a training company £475,391 in the belief that people had taken training courses, the Nottingham Post reports. The college organises courses for people who are employed but want to […]