Long read, Training Providers

Private equity and training: a complicated relationship explained

The last ten years has seen a gold rush of global private equity (PE) companies seeking to make the…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Ofsted, Young people

Q&A: Ofsted’s verdict on T Levels

‘There remain issues we want to see addressed before these are rolled out at scale’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Young people

How to buck the low T Level retention trend

We speak to the colleges who were able to retain more than 2 in 3 students

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
WorldSkills

EuroSkills 2023: Team UK scoops gold in Gdańsk

Isabelle Barron leads the way with gold in digital construction, as 8 other UK competitors pick up medals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Inaugural Good for Me Good for FE awards launch

New awards will showcase impact of local volunteering and fundraising efforts

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Lawyers advise colleges to sell surplus assets in next 18 months

There are concerns colleges could otherwise miss out on profits

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein


Ofsted

Education MPs endorse Sir Martyn Oliver as new Ofsted boss

Oliver said in his application Ofsted has gone from being seen as ‘combative to cold’, and will take a…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Apprenticeships

‘Outstanding’ provider exits apprenticeships and bootcamps

‘Market attractiveness’ forces Avado to switch focus to AI

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Jessica Hill
News

New Lifetime Training leadership plans more redundancies

Around 5% of the provider’s 1,000-strong workforce set to be cut

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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 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

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