Colleges Seven colleges scoop royal prize for further education ‘Ground-breaking’ college initiatives in space engineering, nuclear and maritime among this year’s Queen’s Anniversary Prize winners FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y News GCSE students set to be given exam aids for one more year It follows Nick Gibb, ex-schools minister, saying there was ‘an expectation’ the support would not be offered this year Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Ofsted Amanda Spielman’s swansong AoC conference speech Ofsted chief inspector delivers her final speech to the colleges sector FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y News FE Commissioner sets apprenticeships and bootcamps targets for colleges Comes amid government concerns that colleges’ share of both markets is too low Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges DfE appoints first FE student support champion The role has been created to improve student success and progress Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, Skills reform Halfon pleads with colleges to convince more students to take T Levels Skills minister urges leaders to persuade more year 11s onto the courses as plans for a replacement qualification build Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Politics Labour’s levy plan would limit apprenticeships to 140,000 a year, government claims Proposal would cost an additional £1.5bn, new estimations suggest Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Damian Hinds returns to DfE as minister of state Appointment follows resignation of schools minister Nick Gibb Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges Strikes called off at another 7 colleges Staff at 8 colleges will begin three days of strike action from tomorrow Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges Exclusive Interview: AoC president finds her voice Newly re-appointed Association of Colleges president Corrienne Peasgood tells Shane Chowen how she’s ready to fight for colleges and… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y 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 Newer 1 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
