Colleges, Long read, Students

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
Jessica Hill
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
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Politics

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
Shane Chowen
News

Sacked NUS president launches employment tribunal

Shaima Dallali alleges ‘discriminatory conduct’ over NUS dismissal process

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

End point assessment data will finally be public, watchdog says

Ofqual will release end point assessment outcome data for the first time later this year

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Pension reform benefits wealthy bosses as FE overlooked (again)

Sector leaders have expressed their disappointment that big FE funding issues, like teacher pay, were overlooked in the budget

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Ofsted

Labour’s Ofsted plans ‘logical evolution’, says Spielman

‘It is completely rational for a potential alternative government to be thinking about things like this’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Freddie Whittaker
T Levels

Single awarding body model for T Levels to stay

Ministers have discussed the future of the contentious model

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Hunt’s ‘returnerships’ are just marketing, DfE admits

The announcement is ‘all spin and no substance’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

Ofqual’s new deadlines to avoid repeat of BTEC results delays debacle

Regulator sets three deadlines before August results day for awarding bodies to abide by

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

York College closed after suspicious object investigation

College confirms closure today is a precaution with activities as normal from Friday

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

Nottinghamshire SEND college celebrates top Ofsted marks

Portland College labelled ‘highly inclusive and supportive’ by Ofsted in ‘outstanding’ report

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

Must read

16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill