Prison education Existing providers win £1.5bn prison education ‘overhaul’ Critics warn the system will continue to fail unless more drastic action is taken Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Apprenticeships Exclusive CareShield exits apprenticeships to protect learners from staff shortages Sector-wide challenges made it ‘increasingly difficult’ to deliver high-quality training, provider’s leaders say Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Ofsted Ofsted: Young people ‘at risk’ at G4S-run secure training centre Sir Martyn Oliver invokes rare ‘urgent notification’ after finding systemic safeguarding failures at Oakhill STC Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Awarding WJEC exam board fined £350k over wrong GCSE results Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 GCSE students received incorrect results Jack Dyson 3mo Jack Dyson 3mo net zero Green skills funding results delayed over premature course adverts Providers were caught promoting courses before funding had been confirmed Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Colleges ESOL results probes launched into The Sheffield College Two staff members have been suspended pending multiple investigations, according to reports Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Sponsored post Sponsored Funding Adult Green Skills New sources of funding are available to finance the delivery of green skills to all learners. Government policy is… Tyler Palmer 3mo Sabre Rigs 3mo Colleges New principal takes the helm at ‘outstanding’ London college Incoming boss Marta Gajewska vows to ‘keep raising the bar’ FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo Apprenticeships Exclusive DfE raids budgets to cover ‘landmark’ apprenticeships overspend Experts warn that further ‘trade-offs’ may need to be made in future Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges, Skills reform Raising participation age to 18 had ‘limited impact’, study suggests But researchers say the policy has ‘untapped potential to expand learning opportunities’ as they call for a review Ruth Lucas 3mo Ruth Lucas 3mo Colleges, Skills reform Long read BTECs axe will cause huge ‘qualifications gap’, ministers warned Report claims key areas of the economy will be hit by scrapping ‘vital’ courses amid slow T Levels growth Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Ofsted Missed inspection targets and 5 more findings from Ofsted’s annual report Ofsted’s staff are also less happy this year, and turnover rates remain above civil service targets Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3mo Newer 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 830 Older Must read 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 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
