Prison education Government steps up plans to improve prisoners’ literacy skills Government launches reading app pilot and contract for literacy schemes Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Adult education Pilot targeting UC claimants scales back target numbers Industry leavers and Covid-19 disruption has hampered progress on health and care pilot Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills WorldSkills: ‘Phenomenal’ performance puts UK back into top 10 WorldSkills 2022 special edition has concluded after six weeks of intense skill competitions taking place all over the world…. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen and Tallulah Taylor 3y Ofsted Leadership and management provider hit with Ofsted ‘inadequate’ for recruiting ‘without integrity’ ‘It just feels the cards are stacked against us’, says director as firm exits the market Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Cornwall secures adult education and skills powers in £360m devolution deal Mayoral county deal will see devolution of AEB by 2025 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting delivery of Sustainability Education to meet future skill demands In the midst of this climate-critical decade, how can educators incorporate sustainability within education? Pearson 3y Pearson 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22 Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Providers fail in high court to stop ‘draconian’ contract termination Two providers argued it was ‘unreasonable’ for ESFA to end contracts based on disputed Ofsted reports Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay Union leader warns disruption could be repeated on a greater scale next year Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y FE workforce, Long read Long read Focus feature: Green FE teacher shortages could hold back net zero Research and reports on green skills shortages are not in short supply – but the people needed to teach… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed Schools and colleges sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer’s GCSEs and A-levels Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 848 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
