Ofsted

Ofsted denounces continued use of online teaching in latest education recovery research

Ofsted’s latest education recovery report highlights concerns around off-the-job training, remote teaching and exams anxiety.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
T Levels

T Level colleges awarded slice of £74m to refurbish buildings for 2023 delivery

86 projects win cash for wave four of the rollout

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Staff

Teachers at 39 colleges will strike this autumn

UCU confirms 29 more colleges will join the 10 already confirmed to strike over pay this autumn.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Prison education

Fred Sirieix’s prisoner-run restaurants to expand to boost hospitality skills

First Dates star’s charity turns prison mess kitchens into high street style restaurants and trains inmates in hospitality skills.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education, Devolution

Adult funding rates set to rise in London

A funding uplift of 3.5 per cent will apply to courses at level 2 and below for London residents…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Levelling Up, Skills reform

Roundtable Discussion | Learner needs should be equal to employer needs to truly level up

Watch the latest FE Week roundtable discussion, in partnership with NCFE

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter


Ofsted

Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 7 more annual account findings

Ofsted’s annual report has revealed concerns around funding and inspector turnover.

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Jason Noble
T Levels

Third of first T Level students apply for university courses

UCAS data indicates a third of the first T Level students have applied for university courses, as well as…

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Provider rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds apprentices training other apprentices

Code Nation Ltd accused of not recruiting learners with integrity.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Ofsted slams ‘inconsistent quality’ of apprenticeships at another university

Quality of learning for apprentices raised by Ofsted in visit to University of Chester

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Training Providers

Firm that took over Learndirect goes bust

New owners have failed to secure enough skills contracts to clear ‘significant liabilities’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Revealed: Brooklands College resizing plans to ensure ‘financial security’

The college has been fighting for survival since being stung by a £20m apprenticeship scandal in 2019

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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