Prison education MPs and peers call for prison education to be brought into public ownership Lords debate and parliamentary motion hears calls for standardised curricula and qualifications Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Colleges College apologises as ‘emergency repairs’ force move to online learning College confirms campus to remain closed until the end of term as arrangements for exams to be made Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted Safeguarding and subcontractor oversight issues drag ‘good’ provider down to ‘inadequate’ STEGTA confirms it will not appeal overall grade 4 rating despite achieving ‘good’ grades in most areas Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted Provider to over 500 learners shuts centres after ‘inadequate’ Ofsted Aspire-Igen Group revamps provision after grade 4 inspection result Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Colleges, Long read, Students Investigation Demand for student support soars as the cost of living crisis bites Josh was a talented bricklaying student with dreams of running his own building firm. Then his mother lost one… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y T Levels Ofqual plans changes to T Level assessments Proposals suggest students can sit core exams and employer set project in different assessment periods Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Labour pledges review of functional skills rules The Labour shadow skills minister says he agrees with training providers’ concerns about the current English and maths requirements… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Sacked NUS president launches employment tribunal Shaima Dallali alleges ‘discriminatory conduct’ over NUS dismissal process Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Apprenticeships End point assessment data will finally be public, watchdog says Ofqual will release end point assessment outcome data for the first time later this year Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Politics Pension reform benefits wealthy bosses as FE overlooked (again) Sector leaders have expressed their disappointment that big FE funding issues, like teacher pay, were overlooked in the budget Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Ofsted Labour’s Ofsted plans ‘logical evolution’, says Spielman ‘It is completely rational for a potential alternative government to be thinking about things like this’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden and Freddie Whittaker 2y T Levels Single awarding body model for T Levels to stay Ministers have discussed the future of the contentious model Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 816 Older Must read 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
