Colleges Exclusive Lawyers urge caution as colleges face £100,000 holiday pay ruling Some colleges warned the ruling had already had a “significant adverse impact” Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y News ‘Astonishing’: Ofqual publishes VTQ entries for first time But the data is sparse compared to A-levels despite claims of ‘parity’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships Back in business: Employers renew case for level 2 business admin Employers threaten to launch petition if officials continue to reject apprenticeship proposal Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, Higher education College group becomes first FE institution with permanent degree powers The Office for Students deemed NCG worthy to award bachelors and masters degrees indefinitely this month Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y SEND Council rapped for failing to meet student’s SEND transport costs Expert warns ‘most local authorities are trying to cut costs’ through post-16 SEND transport Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Adult education, Colleges ESFA to run special AEB allocations review for colleges Reduced funding given to providers who underperformed the most during Covid Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y AI ChatGPT: Keegan launches call for evidence on AI in education Ministers also announced a new taskforce to look at what digital skills are needed for the future Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Long read, Qualifications, Skills reform Destination defund: the fight to save travel and tourism courses High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Ofsted How Ofsted’s proposed new complaints process will work No more internal reviews, a direct line to a senior inspector and new complaint routes put forward Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges Reclassification among reasons for considerably delayed college accounts Annual financial statements should be published by January 31, but several are still yet to surface Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Politics Former skills minister Andrea Jenkyns to be made a dame Jenkyns was only skills minister for three months, but is to receive the gong in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, Staff Strikewatch: The colleges with staff on the picket line in 2023 Union members’ fight for fair pay continues FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Newer 1 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
