Ofsted New apprenticeship provider jumps from ‘insufficient’ to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ “Going from the verge of the business going bust to an ‘outstanding’ is an incredible feat” Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Skills reform ESFA to seek bids for national strategic development fund rollout Other providers can be part of local projects, but bids can only be led by colleges Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y News Universal credit training flexibility extended again Claimants can undertake training for up to 16 weeks for another year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y T Levels What providers need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2024 This will be the fifth and final year of T Level rollout Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education ‘Deteriorated’ finances on the mend at large adult education college, FE Commissioner finds Fee income dropped by 27% from £10.1m prior to the pandemic to £7.4m in 2020/21 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Encourage a winning mindset through our free competition-development programme A first-time opportunity for educators and students to benefit from WorldSkills UK’s unique skills competition assessment modules based on… WorldSkills UK 3y WorldSkills UK 3y WorldSkills Poland to replace Russia as host for EuroSkills 2023 WorldSkills Europe approached the three member countries that had previously expressed intentions to bid to host the EuroSkills Competition… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Colleges Nottingham College appoints new permanent CEO She is set to join the college before the end of this academic year Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News ‘Consider the context’: colleges defend against gender pay gap Twitter bot Numerous colleges fell victim, with some commentators accusing them of hypocrisy online. Some colleges deleted their initial posts Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Home Office offers concessions on Ukrainian students’ visas The DfE confirmed to FE Week that Ukrainian students who extend their study visas in the UK will be… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Long read, Research Long read Focus feature: The realities of research in FE Despite a lack of funds and interest from above, research in FE is being kept alive by grassroots groups… Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y News ‘A terrible way to treat a profession’: ASCL president slams league tables publication plan Colleges are being ‘thrown to the wolves’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 812 Older Must read 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d Long read, Prison education Long read 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
