Search Results for

The following 2179 results have been found to match your search query:

‘Jobs’

Gavin Williamson’s speech on lifting FE’s ‘potential’ through the white paper: The full text

The education secretary has promised that the imminent FE white paper will bring an “end to getting a qualification for its own sake” and ensure that training reflects the “changing needs” of employers. Gavin Williamson said further education will “no longer be hiding its vast potential under a bushel” following the reforms, while making a […]

News

Government set to create ‘college business centres’

New college “business centres” will be launched by the government in an effort to hand employers greater influence over skills training, FE Week can reveal. The centres were first proposed by the Association of Colleges in the membership body’s submission to the upcoming Spending Review where they called for a £40 million pilot of such […]

News

We should name, but not shame, the colleges that are getting bailouts

The sector is shooting itself in the foot if we don’t argue that colleges getting financial help should be transparently listed, writes Stuart Rimmer Should the names of colleges getting bailouts be made public? Well, the simple answer to that simple question is – yes! Of course they should. Towards the end of last month, […]

Opinion

Employability must start with accessibility 

With the potential for even more lockdown life ahead of us, the adaptations made to the UK’s business infrastructure to remain operational seem set to remain for some time. Alongside this has been a hard lesson in humility and humanity that, coupled with our newfound affinity for tech-enabled workspaces, may prove to be the most advantageous of the changes from which there should be no going […]

News, Sponsored post, Sponsored post

Former leader of bankrupt college returns to auditing firm

Investigations by the government’s insolvency watchdog into the former leadership of two bankrupt colleges are still ongoing – as one of the individuals at the centre of the scandal takes up a role at the colleges’ former auditor. The Insolvency Service confirmed this week its inquiry into the conduct of directors at Hadlow College and […]

News

Colleges fear enrolment surge could see 20,000 sixth formers go ‘unfunded’

Around 20,000 “unfunded” 16 to 18-year-old students are studying in colleges this year following a surge in enrolments due to Covid-19, according to the Association of Colleges. The membership body said that the number – caused by the Education and Skills Funding Agency basing college funding on lagged learner numbers – equates to around £120 […]

News

FE colleges have been too reluctant to challenge bias against black and Asian apprentices

Too many colleges and employers have a ‘diversity and inclusion’ policy but go no further, writes Jeremy Crook Will 2020 mark a turning point in how employers and the FE sector deal with racial inequalities? Those of us working with black and Asian young people are still waiting to see. There has been some progress […]

Opinion

Large redundancies planned at college which took over Hadlow Group campuses

Almost 100 jobs are at risk at one of the colleges which took over part of the first college group to go through education administration. North Kent College (NKC), which took over the main Hadlow College campus and the Tonbridge campus of West Kent in August, has confirmed to FE Week that 90 staff are […]

News

Free digital skills quals held up by Covid and Ofqual delays

Coronavirus and “unnecessary delays” by the exams regulator have been blamed for disrupting the roll out of free, government-developed, basic IT qualifications for adults. Despite the August launch date for the “entitlement”, which covers fully funded digital skills courses at entry and level 1, qualifications watchdog Ofqual revealed last week it had forced all but […]

News