Training Providers

Fraud and error ‘getting worse’ in FE

Majority of £50m funding clawed back last year was from independent training providers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

Winners of Mayor of London Adult Learning Awards 2023 revealed

Awards recognise inspirational Londoners and providers for their contributions to adult learning

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
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,…

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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
Awarding

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

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Awarding

Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud

Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

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Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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
Young people

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