WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: Restaurant services with a smile

Competitors tasked with fine dining and bistro services after gruelling training programme

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, RAAC

RAAC surveys delayed due to lack of specialists

But no colleges have had to delay the start of term because of crumbling RAAC concrete

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

All quiet on the Weston front: Hunt for permanent principal drags on

Questions remain over Sir Paul Phillips’ president position after stepping down as principal

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education

DfE hands out extra AEB contract

National tender confusion and controversy mounts

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: Team UK competitors productive and positive after day 1

Gordon Ramsay restaurant chef among the UK’s young stars getting off to a good start

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

RAAC: 1 college named as DfE finally publishes list of affected schools

But all students at the college remain in face-to-face education

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: WorldSkills UK alumni leads opening ceremony rousing speeches

Dan McCabe won gold in 3D Digital Game Art at EuroSkills 2016

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Politics

Keir Starmer appoints new shadow skills minister

Toby Perkins has been replaced by Seema Malhotra as shadow skills minister

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Sir Martyn Oliver sets out his priorities for the Ofsted top job

The academy boss has pledged to run a ‘big listen’ with the sector and is eyeing allowing HMIs to…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Adult education

National AEB contract allocations revealed

15 providers awarded max amounts – including 3 judged Ofsted ‘requires improvement’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Strikes

National college strike ballot opens

Two in three staff warn they will quit without big pay rise

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, RAAC

RAAC: No colleges forced to delay start of term, says AoC

Confirmed cases of some colleges with dangerous concrete, but no ‘significant’ closures

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein

Must read

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