Colleges, sixth forms

College leaders to fight ‘destabilising’ free school bids

Five colleges unite to lobby west Yorkshire MPs over new proposed sixth forms and college applications

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
WorldSkills

Registration opens for UK’s biggest national skills competition

The hunt for the UK’s top technical skills talent has begun with registrations now open for the WorldSkills UK…

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Training Providers

AELP board election results revealed

Three high profile provider leaders were re-elected while AELP founding member John Hyde retires after over 20 years with…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
T Levels

T Level students were ‘let down’ last year – but lessons have been learnt

NCFE boss talks health and science T Level problems and efforts to ensure they don’t happen again

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

No10 seeks senior delivery adviser for skills

Number 10 is looking for a new senior delivery adviser to lead on skills and post-18 education. The role…

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Skills reform

Interview: Michael Barber on delivering skills reform

Sir Michael Barber was announced as a government adviser on skills reform implementation by the chancellor in November, but…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Colleges

College group disputes £8m ESFA clawback demand

Lawyers called in as agency attempts to reclaim funding for historic delivery across NCG

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

The Power of SQA Advanced Qualifications

With entry to university being increasingly competitive and the financial crisis biting hard, SQA Advanced Qualifications could be the…

SQA
SQA
Adult education, T Levels

Adult T Level pilot flounders as most colleges fail to recruit a learner

Freedom of Information request reveals just 14 learners against a target 150 have signed up to date

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
News

The Marples lawsuit: How ‘malicious’ DfE ‘targeted successful entrepreneur’

A full account of 3aaa founder’s £37m+ legal claim

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

Providers shelve courses as students shun T Levels

Research also warns transition programme will not provide a flow of learners

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
EDI

WorldSkills UK reveals 2023 equity, diversity and inclusion heroes

Winners included an apprentice who developed a financial literacy course for her community while also promoting apprenticeships in local…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

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
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden