Colleges

Storm Ciarán causes college closures

Colleges in the south of England switch to online learning to protect staff and students

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships

Starts stopped on 18 apprenticeships with no assessment organisation

But 60 other standards in the same boat can continue to start apprentices

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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How to engineer a qualification

Why partnership is key to crafting the qualifications of the future.

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Delivering Diverse Tech Talent at Scale While Delivering the Quality and Outcomes Employers Need

As part of our journey for this white paper, we talked to decision makers in SMEs and global organisations,…

Code Institute
Code Institute
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship assessment arm of GP Strategies to close

‘Mixed emotions’ decision comes after the company shut its apprenticeship training delivery provider earlier this year

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Politics

Tory donors leave Education Policy Institute board as election looms

Sir Paul Marshall and Lord Nash will step down as trustees of the think tank, as David Laws moves…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofqual

Sir Ian Bauckham appointed interim Ofqual chief

Current chair of the regulator to serve for 12 month period from January after Dr Jo Saxton departs for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted publishes first FE curriculum review

Review warns maths knowledge is crucial to ‘rapid progress’ in the business sector

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

Inaugural Good for Me Good for FE award winners revealed

17 winners and highly commended finalists unveiled at online awards ceremony

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Provider that ‘rarely’ contacts apprentices judged ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted

Leadership changes have led to a ‘rapid decline’ in quality

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Apprenticeships

Functional skills funding uplift brought forward to January 2024

54% increase fast tracked because it is ‘so important’, top apprenticeships civil servant says

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Training Providers

AELP names Ben Rowland as new CEO

ITP founder and apprenticeships author will join the membership body in December

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

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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
16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel