Skills reform

Unit for Future Skills’ ‘useful to a point’ £2.5m spend in 15 months

Experts say staff costs are a “reasonable amount” of spending but users highlight some teething problems

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Revealed: Funding band changes from IfATE’s ‘top’ 100 review… so far

59 apprenticeship reviews complete, but other 41 standards yet to be identified

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Incoming Ofsted chief ‘misled’ MPs

Sir Martyn Oliver under fire after academy trust exclusion claims

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

AoC advises colleges to match 6.5% school teacher pay rise

Colleges with fewer 16-18 year-olds will find pay recommendation unmanageable, leaders warn

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Mark’s out the AELP Dawe: Former CEO quits board

He served 7 months of a new 4-year term

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Careers, Colleges

Careers: Colleges will be ‘expected’ to report Gatsby progress

DfE plans ‘digital front door’ for online guidance as it signals move to ‘unified’ careers system

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Retail apprenticeships provider ‘disappointed’ after Ofsted grade 4

Inspectors critiqued Northern Training Academy’s ‘poor’ training to big-name retailers

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

RAAC: DfE lists 3 more affected colleges

Government reveals 174 education settings have now identified the crumbly concrete

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Skills reform

Lifelong loan entitlement changes name and gains royal assent

DfE also launches £5m competition to grant fund tuition fees for HTQ modular students in 2023/24 and 2024/25

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Long read, Skills reform

LSIPS: a chance to change, or a chance missed?

Gillian Keegan is determined that local skills improvement plans will ease the nation’s skills crisis. Jessica Hill lifts the…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
News

Tributes paid following sudden death of ‘energetic’ deputy principal

The former media lecturer rose through the ranks to become deputy principal in a college career spanning over 20…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Missing AEB contract award finally made public

Saga adds to concern about the whole procurement process

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

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
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
News

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