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 Young people 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 Inclusion WorldSkills UK reveals 2023 equity, diversity and inclusion heroes Winners included an apprentice who developed a financial literacy course for her community while also promoting apprenticeships in local… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges Colleges ask for extra £400m as ‘perfect financial storm’ hits AoC warns of large-scale redundancies, increased class sizes, and campus closures Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges Half of colleges report increase in hungry students Survey finds student mental health, college funding, staff pay and energy bills are among top concerns Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Higher education OfS proposes register of ‘personal relationships’ between staff and students Non-disclosure agreements also face ban in cases of harassment and sexual misconduct Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Apprenticeships DfE ‘developing’ teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates Ministers also ‘reviewing’ their existing postgraduate route ‘with a view to making it more effective’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, FE workforce Two days of strikes announced at Havant and South Downs College Staff from two unions will be on the picket line after ‘insulting’ pay offer Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Politics Former top DfE skills civil servant joins PwC Paul Kett joins accounting giant after serving 6 years in the civil service Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Teaching ‘Expert’ teacher sweeteners needed to tackle ‘growing’ FE recruitment crisis, report says Study calls on government to bolster incentives for employers to release staff to teach in FE too Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News UTCs group seeks millions from DfE for ‘sleeves’ in schools Interested schools may also have to subsidise running costs of the mini-UTCs in future years Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y National Apprenticeship Week 2023 15/02/2023 Find out more Newer 1 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo