Politics

Dear Jeremy: FE’s wishlist for 2024 budget

Sector representatives have made their case for funding for teacher pay, adult education and apprenticeships

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships

Students’ union to represent Jewish apprentices

Jewish apprentices can become full members of UJS

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, FE workforce

London mega-college staff cut short strike action over workload agreement

Workers meant to strike for eight days end up picketing for three days after talks

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Ofsted

Ofsted tightens inspection early warning alert loophole

Watchdog has ‘made changes to its processes around how, and when, inspectors gather documents from websites’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

‘Ground-breaking’ prisoner apprenticeship scheme flops

DfE slammed for leaving prisons to figure out apprenticeships after changing the law

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

T Level student fee hikes slammed by college leaders

New contracts can adapt entry fees to make sure awarding organisations make a profit

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Colleges

College leaders demand £710 per student rise in sixth-formers’ funding

Increasing teaching hours in line with Advanced British Standard would need an extra £1,760 per sixth-former

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
FE workforce, Training Providers

ITPs to take £27m hit from DfE funding change to FE teacher training

Only providers providers with an HE partnership will have access to student finance, DfE says

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education

Adult ed: Fewer adults taking level 2 and 3 courses

Figures indicate fewer adults from deprived backgrounds

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts grow 7% in first quarter of 2023/24

Achievements were up 22% on the year before

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Leeds City Council awarded top Ofsted grade for adult learning and apprenticeships

The council received an inspection upgrade for its skills provision that ‘transforms lives’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
News

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
Shane Chowen