colleges | FE Week

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the government’s vision of 50 hours of work experience for every school and college student might be realised

Chancellor to pour £600m into construction training

Plans include technical excellence colleges, cash incentives for foundation apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and more

FE is top sector for sending deprived students on Turing trips

FE providers have sent over 22,000 underprivileged students on international placements in four years

A new hope for UTCs

Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges are perfectly placed to meet Labour’s skills goals

Worn out heating systems pose huge danger for college bosses

Like RAAC, end-of-life pipework has the potential to close colleges and the problem isn’t easy to spot

We need collective action against the rise of the ‘manosphere’

The spread of harmful misogynistic ideologies among young people in colleges demands urgent action

DfE announce 6% cut to national adult skills budgets

Funding will prioritise ‘essential sectors’ when allocations are released next month

Former Middlesbrough College principal and deputy FE commissioner remembered

John Hogg played a ‘transformational’ role in FE, colleagues have said

Angela Joyce: The college big cat

Capital City College boss Angela Joyce reveals how her racing driver dad showed her life in the fast lane – and she now even runs a cattery in her downtime Angela Joyce is not your typical college leader. With boundless energy and a willingness to take on challenges others would shy from, she reveals her […]