Colleges

Exam success is nothing without the ability to build relationships

Qualifications open doors, but it’s relationships that keep them open. Without structured support for social and emotional skills, too...

Jessica Hill
Imran Mir
Colleges, FE workforce

UCU puts 76 colleges on notice over pay and workloads

Principals have until October 3 to agree a 10 per cent pay award or face formal trade disputes

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

World Peace Day: Facing volatility with values

Peace isn’t found in treaties or speeches, but in the everyday acts of kindness and unity that colleges can...

Shane Chowen
Palvinder Singh
Colleges

Best-in-class social action champions wanted for FE awards

Nominations for the Good for Me Good for FE awards 2025 are now open

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Staff pay recommendation will be unaffordable for ‘many’ colleges, say AoC

Colleges with significant adult provision will find it 'impossible' to give 4 per cent pay rise

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Riding Universal’s roller coaster means FE working together now

The entertainment giant’s plans offer a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Bedfordshire. But without early investment in colleges and training providers,...

Jessica Hill
Fabienne Bailey and Yiannis Koursis
Colleges

Surge in data subject access requests for colleges fuelled by AI

Learners and parents are now using AI to generate data subject access requests (DSARs) packed with legal jargon and...

Jessica Hill
Jess Pembroke
Colleges

How to prepare for a terrorist attack without triggering fear

A roadmap explaining the implications for FE colleges and apprenticeship providers of the new Martyn’s Law, which marks a...

Jessica Hill
Melissa Haskell
Colleges, Young people

T Level funding to be lagged from 2027

Switch will end the use of estimated student numbers but keep in-year reconciliation

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter