Colleges Intervention lifted at pandemic-hit City Lit Principal praises staff and FE Commissioner as college finances recover faster than planned FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo News NEU calls off sixth form college strikes Union suspends this week’s planned 2-day walk out as it consults members on 4.3% pay offer Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Politics Smith to amend IfATE bill after apprenticeship powers scrutiny Transparency win for Lords questioning new powers for ministers to directly develop and approve standards and assessment plans FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo Ofsted, Politics, Skills reform DfE considers extending ‘school profile’ plans to FE providers Ministers will also rule on a new ‘proportionate and relevant’ approach to accountability amid Ofsted’s report cards plan Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Ofsted Long read Ofsted report cards for FE: What you need to know Watchdog sets out plan for new grading scale and areas that will be judged Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Ofsted Ofsted report cards could double number of graded areas for FE 5-point scale to be introduced in a model that unions claim is ‘worse than single-word judgments’, while chief inspector… Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Long read Investigation Esports in colleges: is rapid growth in provision fair game for criticism? More than 100 FE colleges in England now offer esports courses, but homegrown job vacancies in the industry are… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Colleges Ban mandatory bikini waxes on beauty students, says mum A college tutor wrongly claimed a 16-year-old needed to undergo waxing to pass her course Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Colleges, sixth form colleges Sixth form college academisation reaches tipping point But some principals doubt whether the Labour wants new academy conversions Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Awarding Pearson fined £250k over string of rule breaches Ofqual found teachers who also drew up assessments could have known which papers pupils would take, and conflicts among… Jack Dyson 3mo Jack Dyson 3mo DfE TRA seeks extra misconduct volunteers amid FE expansion TRA looking to double misconduct panel members with 150 hires Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges, Politics Exclusive Saudis ‘ready to offer decade-long FE tuition deals’ to UK colleges Fresh tendering round expected to launch this academic year to revive ventures in the kingdom Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Newer 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 805 Older Must read 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 1w Billy Camden 1w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
