News Principals call for 12-month delay to ‘reckless’ plan to defund most BTECs Heads warn education secretary the timeline is ‘not credible’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y 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 3y Shane Chowen 3y T Levels Exclusive 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 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Skills reform Exclusive 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 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges Exclusive College group disputes £8m ESFA clawback demand Lawyers called in as agency attempts to reclaim funding for historic delivery across NCG Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored 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 3y SQA 3y Adult education, T Levels Exclusive 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 3y Jason Noble 3y News Exclusive The Marples lawsuit: How ‘malicious’ DfE ‘targeted successful entrepreneur’ A full account of 3aaa founder’s £37m+ legal claim Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y T Levels Providers shelve courses as students shun T Levels Research also warns transition programme will not provide a flow of learners Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Newer 1 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 842 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo