Ofsted

Top Ofsted marks for online adult education provider

Over 350 adults mostly from disadvantaged backgrounds are supported

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, DfE

DfE drive to improve FE governance and staff retention

Early notices for contracts worth over £10 million have been published for mentoring and governance commitments

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
WorldSkills

Team UK jet off for special WorldSkills competition

61 finals take place in 15 countries with more than 1,000 competitors over the next two months

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Staff

Picket lines swell as college staff strike in bid for higher pay

Unions have called for a 10% rise to help with the cost-of-living crisis

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Apprenticeships

Making it easier for SMEs to take on apprentices at top of skills minister’s agenda

But she is yet to be party to departmental conversations about making this happen

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
14-16, Colleges

Researchers to explore 14-16 college provision for first time

Study will assess outcomes for around 10,000 direct entry learners

Jason Noble
Jason Noble


Colleges

Religious sixth form colleges to academise from 2023

Regulations are expected to come into force this autumn

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted leaves a bitter taste for online-only dental school

Ofsted reported that no apprentices will finish their course in time

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships

New funding rule for breaks in employment WILL apply to existing apprentices

The DfE published version two of the apprenticeship funding rules today

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Consultation launches on ‘risk register’ for HE colleges and universities

Office for Students says colleges and universities will be expected to evidence potential risks to equality

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education

Winners of inaugural London Adult Learning Awards revealed

The London Ambulance Service and Greggs are among the winners of the very first Mayor of London Adult Learning…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Staff

Oxfordshire college settles staff dispute after agreeing to ‘significant’ pay rise

Abingdon and Witney College staff have now called off a strike

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor

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