Adult education First bootcamps-only inspection results in glowing report High praise for course that takes learners with no prior coding experience to ‘becoming work ready within 20 weeks Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships DfE eyes early release of apprenticeship funding rules from next year Education chief says rules will be published before May 2023 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News ‘Middle-class grab’ of degree-level apprenticeships intensifies Ministers urged to get a grip of policy 4 years after first raising fears Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News DfE exceeds 16k skills bootcamps starts target in 2021-22 But data on completions and gender won’t be released until next year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education Norfolk and Suffolk obtain adult education budget powers in devolution deal Deals for the counties are also expected to include involvement in skills Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Revealed: 32 colleges bag £70m from HE capital fund Allocations for improving higher education facilities range from £150k to £5.8m Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Six things we learned from Keegan’s first education committee The education secretary took questions from MPs this morning Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Confirmed: College for vulnerable adults judged ‘inadequate’ over safety concerns Ofsted says leaders are ‘unable to identify and protect learners who may be at risk or need help’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Long read Long read Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide? From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Speed read: DfE energy-saving tips and £500m funding rules Colleges told to do energy ‘spot checks’, and have 2 years to spend cash Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Colleges £500m for schools and colleges to make buildings more energy efficient Allocations range from £1.8m to £10k and colleges can decide to spend it on ‘other capital projects’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Colleges, Politics Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
