T Levels PAC: T Levels could remain ‘minority pursuit’ without serious campaign MPs urges government to detail plan for engagement and alignment with other qualifications Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Long read Marples trial: Witnesses end with 3aaa ‘fraud’ scrutiny Competence and motive of investigators challenged Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges £1.5m loan plea triggers intervention for South Devon College The college’s CEO says his organisation ‘remains on the front foot’ Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Colleges, Pay AoC delays pay recommendation until September Colleges need summer to work new £160m funding into budgets, David Hughes says Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Skills bootcamps Northcoders bags full stack of top grades in first inspection The company’s CEO says the grade is a ‘clear validation’ of the standards staff strive for Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Ofsted Ofsted pledges specialist inspectors for most visits from November All FE inspections will also be led by either current or recent HMIs, says the watchdog Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Higher education Think tank calls for FE-style franchising crackdown in HE Planned DfE reforms to franchising amount to ‘regulatory negligence’, says The Post-18 Project Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform FE inquiry: MPs grill Smith on pay, cuts and careers Parity of teacher pay is a ‘fairly basic problem’, the education committee chair suggested Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Ofsted Ofsted: Unions consider asking leaders to quit as inspectors Leadership unions warn they will take the ‘unprecedented step’ unless watchdog changes course over inspection plans FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo Apprenticeships Long read Banter, firework emails and power ‘grab’ defended by ex-SFA chief in Marples trial Sir Peter Lauener was cross-examined for 2 days. Here’s what we learned… Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden and Charlie Moloney 4mo Skills reform Industrial strategy: growth and skills levy courses start next year Other new measures include ‘defence technical excellence colleges’ Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo T Levels £6.3m available for T Level placement incentive fund for employers DfE confirms funding for health and construction employers, including SMEs Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Newer 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 831 Older Must read 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 6d Shane Chowen 6d 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Qualifications 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
