Colleges Exclusive Colleges facing long delays for severance pay approvals One college still awaiting for approval on a retrospective exit payment Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Exclusive No tolerance: The true cost of resit reforms Provider fines to hit £45m a year without 5% tolerance threshold Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Skills reform Exclusive Destinations unknown: ILR data cut angers MCAs Destination and progression submission requirement to end in 2024/25 Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Higher education, Training Providers Office for Students to investigate uni’s subcontractors Leeds Trinity University faces regulatory probe over subcontracting Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Inclusion, Ofsted Four things to know from Ofsted’s careers review in specialist colleges Watchdog criticises local authority non-compliance with SEND learner transitions to FE and training Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Adult education, Apprenticeships, Young people ‘Politically driven’ post-16 policy churn has damaged stability, think tank warns Leaders urged to address ‘short attention spans’ to create more stable political consensus and improve post-16 inequalities and data… Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Hull College exits intervention after 7 years Principal Debra Gray said the college has been ‘transformed back into a highly respected’ institution Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts dip 12% after functional skills rate announcement Starts dive month after officials announced funding fast-track Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y National Apprenticeship Week 2024 14/02/2024 Find out more Young people 16-19 funding to rise by 1.9% from August 2024 Uplifts won’t help teacher recruitment and retention crisis, AoC said Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, Skills reform DfE to introduce English and maths resit minimum hours and scrap 5% tolerance ‘Wholly unhelpful’ changes to condition of funding rules amid concerns over rising non-compliance Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Wolf offers 3 apprenticeship policy ‘slam dunks’ for next government Former PM skills adviser warns apprenticeships ‘heading in the wrong direction’ and Labour’s plans will ‘make things worse’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 850 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo