Awarding

AQA takes over vocational awarding body TQUK

Acquiring Training Qualifications UK will be a boost to AQA in the vocational awarding and apprenticeship end point…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Colleges, skills

Public Accounts Committee warns skills system is ‘failing to deliver’

Committee recommends review of apprenticeship levy among its findings

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, T Levels, Traineeships

Five findings from Halfon’s education committee appearance

Traineeships and T Levels were among the topics of discussion

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Ofsted annual report: Staff shortages hampering quality

Here’s what we learned from the latest Ofsted annual report, covering the first year of inspections since the pandemic

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Subcontracting and ‘too comfortable’ governors top FE Commissioner concerns for colleges

The FE Commissioner has also claimed some T Level courses have been withdrawn because colleges haven’t been able to…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Wintery conditions cause dozens of college campuses to close

Plummeting temperatures, snowy downpours and travel disruption have caused dozens of colleges to close campuses and move lessons online…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Traineeships

Traineeships scrapped amid years of low starts

Training providers have slammed the move, calling it ‘disastrous’ and have called for an immediate reversal

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Ofsted

Colleges spill the beans on Ofsted’s first local skills needs inspections

College leaders explain how Ofsted’s skills inspections work

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Sustainability

Smaller colleges cold-shouldered by energy capital funding

New energy capital funding announced this week was allocated based on learner numbers rather than need, which some leaders…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

‘Frightening’ freedom of speech bill laws dropped

Debates on the freedom of speech bill have barely mentioned providers of higher education other than universities, but the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sponsored post

Hospitality apprenticeships – an attractive pathway for learners at all stages

Awarding and Assessment Organisation BIIAB tunes into how it’s never been a better time to support apprenticeships in this…

BIIAB
BIIAB
Adult education, Colleges

London’s City Lit halts online lessons until new year after ‘IT disruption’

Online lessons at City Lit have been cancelled until the new year, but face to face lessons continue

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
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