Shane Chowen
@ukshane.bsky.social
Editor at FE Week - reporting on further education, skills and apprenticeships. Story tips: [email protected]
Coming up in this week's @feweek.bsky.social:
🚨City & Guilds CEO and CFO placed on ‘temporary’ leave
⭐️First Ofsted ‘exceptional’ recipient interviewed
🧑⚖️Stalker student sentenced after making AI sex images of staff
FEATURE: We find out why Nescot’s Lisa Charles was named FE lecturer of the year
🚨City & Guilds CEO and CFO placed on ‘temporary’ leave
⭐️First Ofsted ‘exceptional’ recipient interviewed
🧑⚖️Stalker student sentenced after making AI sex images of staff
FEATURE: We find out why Nescot’s Lisa Charles was named FE lecturer of the year
January 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Coming up in this week's @feweek.bsky.social:
🚨City & Guilds CEO and CFO placed on ‘temporary’ leave
⭐️First Ofsted ‘exceptional’ recipient interviewed
🧑⚖️Stalker student sentenced after making AI sex images of staff
FEATURE: We find out why Nescot’s Lisa Charles was named FE lecturer of the year
🚨City & Guilds CEO and CFO placed on ‘temporary’ leave
⭐️First Ofsted ‘exceptional’ recipient interviewed
🧑⚖️Stalker student sentenced after making AI sex images of staff
FEATURE: We find out why Nescot’s Lisa Charles was named FE lecturer of the year
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social :
🥾Mayors give bootcamps the boot
💷 DfE countersues training provider in termination case
👀MoJ is misleading on prison ed cuts, claims watchdog
FEATURE: As education slips down voter priorities, are opposition parties flying the flag?
🥾Mayors give bootcamps the boot
💷 DfE countersues training provider in termination case
👀MoJ is misleading on prison ed cuts, claims watchdog
FEATURE: As education slips down voter priorities, are opposition parties flying the flag?
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social :
🥾Mayors give bootcamps the boot
💷 DfE countersues training provider in termination case
👀MoJ is misleading on prison ed cuts, claims watchdog
FEATURE: As education slips down voter priorities, are opposition parties flying the flag?
🥾Mayors give bootcamps the boot
💷 DfE countersues training provider in termination case
👀MoJ is misleading on prison ed cuts, claims watchdog
FEATURE: As education slips down voter priorities, are opposition parties flying the flag?
Looking forward to this one. Thanks for the recommendation @samfr.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Looking forward to this one. Thanks for the recommendation @samfr.bsky.social
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
🇬🇧 UKSPF won’t be ‘shared’ or ‘prosperous’
🟢 Two of three proposed ‘elite’ Eton sixth form colleges get the green light
💰 Why has £9m appeared in AoC’s bank account?
🦠 Covid apprenticeship fraud cash remains unrecovered
#TomorrowsPapersToday
🇬🇧 UKSPF won’t be ‘shared’ or ‘prosperous’
🟢 Two of three proposed ‘elite’ Eton sixth form colleges get the green light
💰 Why has £9m appeared in AoC’s bank account?
🦠 Covid apprenticeship fraud cash remains unrecovered
#TomorrowsPapersToday
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
🇬🇧 UKSPF won’t be ‘shared’ or ‘prosperous’
🟢 Two of three proposed ‘elite’ Eton sixth form colleges get the green light
💰 Why has £9m appeared in AoC’s bank account?
🦠 Covid apprenticeship fraud cash remains unrecovered
#TomorrowsPapersToday
🇬🇧 UKSPF won’t be ‘shared’ or ‘prosperous’
🟢 Two of three proposed ‘elite’ Eton sixth form colleges get the green light
💰 Why has £9m appeared in AoC’s bank account?
🦠 Covid apprenticeship fraud cash remains unrecovered
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
👋 Shelagh Legrave's exit interview - packed with insights, reflections and warnings from the outgoing FE Commissioner
🎤 Lawyers clear Mayor Andrea Jenkyns's plans to defund ESOL
💻 NCFE making 'good progress' restoring its services and systems after 'cyber incident'
👋 Shelagh Legrave's exit interview - packed with insights, reflections and warnings from the outgoing FE Commissioner
🎤 Lawyers clear Mayor Andrea Jenkyns's plans to defund ESOL
💻 NCFE making 'good progress' restoring its services and systems after 'cyber incident'
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
👋 Shelagh Legrave's exit interview - packed with insights, reflections and warnings from the outgoing FE Commissioner
🎤 Lawyers clear Mayor Andrea Jenkyns's plans to defund ESOL
💻 NCFE making 'good progress' restoring its services and systems after 'cyber incident'
👋 Shelagh Legrave's exit interview - packed with insights, reflections and warnings from the outgoing FE Commissioner
🎤 Lawyers clear Mayor Andrea Jenkyns's plans to defund ESOL
💻 NCFE making 'good progress' restoring its services and systems after 'cyber incident'
Coming up in this week's FE Week:
🧰 Budget 2025: Treasury tweaks levy rules and fully funds SMEs
🏫We find out how special capacity cash for GM and Leeds will be spent
📢 Skills England defend apprenticeship assessment reforms
🧰 Budget 2025: Treasury tweaks levy rules and fully funds SMEs
🏫We find out how special capacity cash for GM and Leeds will be spent
📢 Skills England defend apprenticeship assessment reforms
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Coming up in this week's FE Week:
🧰 Budget 2025: Treasury tweaks levy rules and fully funds SMEs
🏫We find out how special capacity cash for GM and Leeds will be spent
📢 Skills England defend apprenticeship assessment reforms
🧰 Budget 2025: Treasury tweaks levy rules and fully funds SMEs
🏫We find out how special capacity cash for GM and Leeds will be spent
📢 Skills England defend apprenticeship assessment reforms
Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
💥Employers line up to attack apprenticeship assessment changes
🔍As NEET figures hover just under 1m, we look at what it takes to keep young people *in* education & training
‼️Exclusive figures show every YOI is failing to meet its 15-hour per week education duty
💥Employers line up to attack apprenticeship assessment changes
🔍As NEET figures hover just under 1m, we look at what it takes to keep young people *in* education & training
‼️Exclusive figures show every YOI is failing to meet its 15-hour per week education duty
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
💥Employers line up to attack apprenticeship assessment changes
🔍As NEET figures hover just under 1m, we look at what it takes to keep young people *in* education & training
‼️Exclusive figures show every YOI is failing to meet its 15-hour per week education duty
💥Employers line up to attack apprenticeship assessment changes
🔍As NEET figures hover just under 1m, we look at what it takes to keep young people *in* education & training
‼️Exclusive figures show every YOI is failing to meet its 15-hour per week education duty
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
💻 Revealed: Two IoTs ditch the brand as ministers pivot to TECs
🚧 College waiting lists soar in priority subjects
🔍 Will this NEET review be any different?
PROFILE: Karen Redhead, West London College
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💻 Revealed: Two IoTs ditch the brand as ministers pivot to TECs
🚧 College waiting lists soar in priority subjects
🔍 Will this NEET review be any different?
PROFILE: Karen Redhead, West London College
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
💻 Revealed: Two IoTs ditch the brand as ministers pivot to TECs
🚧 College waiting lists soar in priority subjects
🔍 Will this NEET review be any different?
PROFILE: Karen Redhead, West London College
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💻 Revealed: Two IoTs ditch the brand as ministers pivot to TECs
🚧 College waiting lists soar in priority subjects
🔍 Will this NEET review be any different?
PROFILE: Karen Redhead, West London College
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Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social:
🏷️ A white paper, the CAR, and a quals consultation have landed
💡Brand damage, units register, transparency promise - what we learned at AELP’s autumn conference
🔍 Andrea Jenkyns vs ESOL
🧑⚖️ Why the judge threw out the Marples vs DfE case
🏷️ A white paper, the CAR, and a quals consultation have landed
💡Brand damage, units register, transparency promise - what we learned at AELP’s autumn conference
🔍 Andrea Jenkyns vs ESOL
🧑⚖️ Why the judge threw out the Marples vs DfE case
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social:
🏷️ A white paper, the CAR, and a quals consultation have landed
💡Brand damage, units register, transparency promise - what we learned at AELP’s autumn conference
🔍 Andrea Jenkyns vs ESOL
🧑⚖️ Why the judge threw out the Marples vs DfE case
🏷️ A white paper, the CAR, and a quals consultation have landed
💡Brand damage, units register, transparency promise - what we learned at AELP’s autumn conference
🔍 Andrea Jenkyns vs ESOL
🧑⚖️ Why the judge threw out the Marples vs DfE case
Flanked by the science secretary Liz Kendall and DWP secretary (who is in charge of skills now) Pat McFadden, Bridget Phillipson has begun her statement on the post-16 education and skills white paper
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Flanked by the science secretary Liz Kendall and DWP secretary (who is in charge of skills now) Pat McFadden, Bridget Phillipson has begun her statement on the post-16 education and skills white paper
First appearance for shadow education minister Saqib Bhatti too
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
First appearance for shadow education minister Saqib Bhatti too
And Georgia Gould, responding on SEND
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
And Georgia Gould, responding on SEND
First outing at education questions for new ministers Josh MacAlister and Liv Bailey
MacAlister first up answering questions about the IB
MacAlister first up answering questions about the IB
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
First outing at education questions for new ministers Josh MacAlister and Liv Bailey
MacAlister first up answering questions about the IB
MacAlister first up answering questions about the IB
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social:
🫖T Levels Week: Clawback investigated, ambassador chair interviewed, a student writes in
🏷️City and Guilds sold in ‘landmark’ deal
🎯Whitehall misses its own apprenticeships target
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
🫖T Levels Week: Clawback investigated, ambassador chair interviewed, a student writes in
🏷️City and Guilds sold in ‘landmark’ deal
🎯Whitehall misses its own apprenticeships target
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social:
🫖T Levels Week: Clawback investigated, ambassador chair interviewed, a student writes in
🏷️City and Guilds sold in ‘landmark’ deal
🎯Whitehall misses its own apprenticeships target
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
🫖T Levels Week: Clawback investigated, ambassador chair interviewed, a student writes in
🏷️City and Guilds sold in ‘landmark’ deal
🎯Whitehall misses its own apprenticeships target
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
🚛 Nearly £3m in backpay after HGV apprenticeship funding blunder
🔍 Could regional improvement team proposals work for colleges?
📋 Weston out of intervention, but investigations continue
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🚛 Nearly £3m in backpay after HGV apprenticeship funding blunder
🔍 Could regional improvement team proposals work for colleges?
📋 Weston out of intervention, but investigations continue
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
🚛 Nearly £3m in backpay after HGV apprenticeship funding blunder
🔍 Could regional improvement team proposals work for colleges?
📋 Weston out of intervention, but investigations continue
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
🚛 Nearly £3m in backpay after HGV apprenticeship funding blunder
🔍 Could regional improvement team proposals work for colleges?
📋 Weston out of intervention, but investigations continue
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
Good evening! Coming up in @feweek.bsky.social edition 509
🍨SCOOP: V Levels are about to enter the chat
🌹Full dissection of Labour's conference promises
🪑FEATURE: Does paying your college chair make a difference?
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
🍨SCOOP: V Levels are about to enter the chat
🌹Full dissection of Labour's conference promises
🪑FEATURE: Does paying your college chair make a difference?
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Good evening! Coming up in @feweek.bsky.social edition 509
🍨SCOOP: V Levels are about to enter the chat
🌹Full dissection of Labour's conference promises
🪑FEATURE: Does paying your college chair make a difference?
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
🍨SCOOP: V Levels are about to enter the chat
🌹Full dissection of Labour's conference promises
🪑FEATURE: Does paying your college chair make a difference?
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
"By making apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people, we are sending a message that technical excellence is as highly valued as academic prowess."
Prime Minister David Cameron, 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron, 2012
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"By making apprenticeships a gold standard option for ambitious young people, we are sending a message that technical excellence is as highly valued as academic prowess."
Prime Minister David Cameron, 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron, 2012
Skills minister Jacqui Smith tells a Make UK fringe we’ll be hearing “in the next few hours and weeks” about ways the government will “incentivise and support employers” to invest more in training.
September 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Skills minister Jacqui Smith tells a Make UK fringe we’ll be hearing “in the next few hours and weeks” about ways the government will “incentivise and support employers” to invest more in training.
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social:
😱 Raise pay by 10% or face dispute, principals told
💰 Multiverse becomes highest-earning apprenticeship provider
🎙️ Inspection Q&A with Ofsted’s Lee Owston
+ @jessjanehill.bsky.social previews Tom Bewick's upcoming skills policy book
😱 Raise pay by 10% or face dispute, principals told
💰 Multiverse becomes highest-earning apprenticeship provider
🎙️ Inspection Q&A with Ofsted’s Lee Owston
+ @jessjanehill.bsky.social previews Tom Bewick's upcoming skills policy book
September 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Good evening! Coming up in this week’s @feweek.bsky.social:
😱 Raise pay by 10% or face dispute, principals told
💰 Multiverse becomes highest-earning apprenticeship provider
🎙️ Inspection Q&A with Ofsted’s Lee Owston
+ @jessjanehill.bsky.social previews Tom Bewick's upcoming skills policy book
😱 Raise pay by 10% or face dispute, principals told
💰 Multiverse becomes highest-earning apprenticeship provider
🎙️ Inspection Q&A with Ofsted’s Lee Owston
+ @jessjanehill.bsky.social previews Tom Bewick's upcoming skills policy book
Should apprentices be able to track their learning and access support through an app - yes, probably
This £1.2m one from *the government* is not going well
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This £1.2m one from *the government* is not going well
@sw1politics.bsky.social for @feweek.bsky.social
(meme h/t @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social)
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Should apprentices be able to track their learning and access support through an app - yes, probably
This £1.2m one from *the government* is not going well
@sw1politics.bsky.social for @feweek.bsky.social
(meme h/t @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social)
This £1.2m one from *the government* is not going well
@sw1politics.bsky.social for @feweek.bsky.social
(meme h/t @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social)
Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
✍️Pat McFadden sets out his skills stall
💰College pay proposal ‘maintains’ gap with schools
🏅Returning from Herning: What happened in Denmark
FEATURE: The King’s royal rescue of endangered trades
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#TomorrowsPapersToday
✍️Pat McFadden sets out his skills stall
💰College pay proposal ‘maintains’ gap with schools
🏅Returning from Herning: What happened in Denmark
FEATURE: The King’s royal rescue of endangered trades
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Coming up in this week’s FE Week:
✍️Pat McFadden sets out his skills stall
💰College pay proposal ‘maintains’ gap with schools
🏅Returning from Herning: What happened in Denmark
FEATURE: The King’s royal rescue of endangered trades
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
✍️Pat McFadden sets out his skills stall
💰College pay proposal ‘maintains’ gap with schools
🏅Returning from Herning: What happened in Denmark
FEATURE: The King’s royal rescue of endangered trades
Subscribe | feweek.co.uk/subscribe/
#TomorrowsPapersToday
The face of @joshuareynoldssl6.bsky.social discovering, via @feweek.bsky.social, that Skills England has been moved to DWP while quizzing a Skills England CEO during a select committee
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The face of @joshuareynoldssl6.bsky.social discovering, via @feweek.bsky.social, that Skills England has been moved to DWP while quizzing a Skills England CEO during a select committee
WE GOT A BRONZE
Southern Regional College’s Caolan McCartan and Patrick Sheerin take the EuroSkills 2025 Industry 4.0 bronze medal for Team UK
Southern Regional College’s Caolan McCartan and Patrick Sheerin take the EuroSkills 2025 Industry 4.0 bronze medal for Team UK
September 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
WE GOT A BRONZE
Southern Regional College’s Caolan McCartan and Patrick Sheerin take the EuroSkills 2025 Industry 4.0 bronze medal for Team UK
Southern Regional College’s Caolan McCartan and Patrick Sheerin take the EuroSkills 2025 Industry 4.0 bronze medal for Team UK
Greetings from day 2 of Reform UK conference, where a signed Farage tshirt will set you back £100 and a 'Britain is lawless' session kicks off the day
September 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Greetings from day 2 of Reform UK conference, where a signed Farage tshirt will set you back £100 and a 'Britain is lawless' session kicks off the day
Extraordinary scenes at Reform UK conference as Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns arrives on stage singing her rock song 'Insomnia'
September 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Extraordinary scenes at Reform UK conference as Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns arrives on stage singing her rock song 'Insomnia'