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
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE eyes early release of apprenticeship funding rules from next year

Education chief says rules will be published before May 2023

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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
Jason Noble
News

Revealed: 32 colleges bag £70m from HE capital fund

Allocations for improving higher education facilities range from £150k to £5.8m

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

Six things we learned from Keegan’s first education committee

The education secretary took questions from MPs this morning

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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
Billy Camden
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill
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
Tom Belger
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
Samantha Booth
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
Jason Noble

Must read

Awarding

Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud

Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel