News DfE’s transgender guidance will include colleges Long-awaited draft guidance will be released and consulted on ‘later in the spring’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Long read Exclusive College group offloads MAT amid compliance review Multiple internal and external investigations and a complete relationship breakdown contribute to sponsor change Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y Skills bootcamps, Skills reform Exclusive HGV driver hopefuls left in the dark as DfE ends bootcamp contract Learners waited a year for training due to dispute over financially ‘unviable’ flagship scheme Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y WorldSkills New WorldSkills UK trustees want ‘world-class skills boosts’ Four new WorldSkills UK board members will be ‘strong advocates’ for education and skills Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Provider to over 500 learners shuts centres after ‘inadequate’ Ofsted Aspire-Igen Group revamps provision after grade 4 inspection result Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Jessica Hill 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Shane Chowen 3y News Sacked NUS president launches employment tribunal Shaima Dallali alleges ‘discriminatory conduct’ over NUS dismissal process Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 829 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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
