News

College troubleshooter resigns over PM race row

DfE national governance chief claims ‘I’m not racist’ and blames ‘wokerati’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Lord Blunkett backs away from Labour’s pledge to use 50% of apprenticeship levy on other training

Labour clarifies its 50% apprenticeship levy plans for other types of training is only an ‘indicative’ figure

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Training Providers

City & Guilds buys third training provider

Trade Skills 4U joins from private equity firm Palatine

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Online apprenticeship provider lauded as ‘outstanding’ in first inspection

Apprentify Ltd celebrates after scoring top Ofsted marks

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Ofsted

Online provider bites back at Ofsted after scathing report

Inspectors claimed to have found a series of funding rule breaches

Billy Camden
Jason Noble and Billy Camden
News

NUS sacks president Shaima Dallali after antisemitism investigation

Significant breaches of the student union’s policies were found

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Colleges, Staff

Hopwood Hall College staff win another significant pay rise

Most lecturers to receive 9.2% increase, on top of last year’s 7.5% rise

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted, Training Providers

Ofsted plans ‘shadow nominee’ for training providers during inspections

Inspectorate says it wants to ‘ease the burden’ currently placed on one person’s shoulders and ‘help the sector with…

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
News

Temporary apprenticeship funding band uplifts planned for later this month, DfE reveals

Providers will need to ‘present conclusive evidence that costs of delivery have been substantially impacted’

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
News

Former skills minister Matt Hancock set to join I’m A Celebrity…

He was suspended from the Conservative Party after the news emerged today

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Politics

Two former schools ministers to run for education committee chair

Robin Walker and Jonathan Gullis throw their hats in the ring to succeed Robert Halfon

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Training Providers

Cost of living: 8 in 10 providers warn of soaring salary and facility costs

Survey outlines stark picture trainers are facing amid the economic gloom

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