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The skills minister has highlighted the “risks” associated with degree apprenticeships after her predecessor evangelised about how they are his “two favourite words”. Anne Milton and Robert Halfon engaged in a heated exchange about the high level qualifications during a fringe event at the Conservative party conference. Mr Halfon, now chair of the education select […]
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The UK has long relied on EU workers. Now employers must improve the training of homegrown staff, says Tom Richmond “What we want to see is people here in the UK being trained to take on the jobs which are available” said the prime minister to Radio 4 listeners during the Conservative Party conference. With […]
Opinion
The Institute for Apprenticeships has refused to say if it is backing its board member Dame Asha Khemka, after she resigned from West Nottinghamshire College on Monday. The former principal was one of just two FE college leaders appointed to the IfA’s board in January last year. FE Week reported on Monday that she […]
The principal of a high-profile college in financial crisis has resigned with immediate effect, FE Week can reveal. Dame Asha Khemka (pictured), who is one of the highest paid FE leaders in the country, stepped down from the top post at West Nottinghamshire College following a “special meeting of the board of governors”. It was […]
Selling the increase in the amount levy-paying employers can transfer to small companies as a “package of reforms” is a huge overstatement, says former SFA deputy director Tony Allen I am sure that I was not alone in having a sense of anticipation on Monday morning, when I found out (via FE Week), that Phillip […]
A college in financial crisis requested a multi-million pound government bailout just 48 hours before it would have run out of cash, FE Week understands. West Nottinghamshire College, whose principal Dame Asha Khemka is one of the highest paid college bosses in England, received a £2.1 million exceptional financial support loan from the Education and […]
The T-level placement is an awkward length and requires new thinking, says Jenny Taylor, who is involved in designing the new programme for IBM The recent FE Week and Pearson-sponsored great debate in the House of Commons on T-levels – the incoming technical alternatives to A-levels – proved a lively and interesting event. From an […]
A cash-strapped college has received a financial health notice to improve from the government after requesting exceptional financial support to the tune of £2.1 million. West Nottinghamshire College will now be referred to the FE Commissioner for an independent assessment to test the college’s “capability and capacity to make the required changes and improvements”. A […]
Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Phil Sayles, principal and chief executive, Selby College Start date: September 2018 Previous job: deputy principal, RNN Group Interesting fact: When Phil was doing his A-levels at South Nottinghamshire College, his part-time jobs included ‘Chilli juggling’ and ‘cheese sprinkler’ Chris Todd, principal and chief executive, Derwentside […]
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