News Keegan to get her own camera person (on £50k a year) DfE is recruiting a videographer to film regular content of the education secretary for her social media channels Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y News Frank McLoughlin to chair ETF The former principal will succeed Peter Latchford in January Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships, Colleges, Subcontracting FE faces ‘double edged sword’ as Procurement Act hikes risk of litigation Experts warn of subcontracting trouble Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted grades changed for 5 FE providers last year after challenges Complaints about FE inspections have also doubled since 2018 Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Exclusive College’s traineeship learners worked illegal hours, DfE audit finds ‘Substantial’ clawback on the cards after security and rail trainee debacle revealed Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges Exclusive Ex-college principal banned from education Former Hadlow boss to be fined £250k if he breaches agreement with liquidators, while deputy secures ‘confidential’ deal Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges College enrolment: Influx of resitters and 16-19s as HE and adults drop We look at the latest data for 2023/24 Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Skills bootcamps Exclusive ‘Risk averse’ colleges avoid skills bootcamps Two-thirds haven’t touched the flagship government programme yet, data suggests Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y social mobility College principal confirmed as permanent Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis has been interim chair since Katharine Birbalsingh resigned in January Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y LSIPs Revealed: Colleges scoop £165m local skills improvement fund DfE green lights employer-backed skills projects led by colleges Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges, strike, UCU Half of colleges set to strike abandon action 15 colleges still plan to hit the picket line next week Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Adult education, Training Providers Exclusive ‘Non-evaluators’ downgraded AEB tender score, LCG claim Fresh allegations emerge following ‘voluntary disclosure’ of AEB procurement documents Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 832 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
