Ofsted Ofsted to hit university-run college with grade 4 The college was taken over by a university last year after a turbulent period Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Awarding NCFE acquires health and leisure awarding organisation Active IQ has been bought by NCFE but will continue to operate as a distinct brand Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Adult education, Apprenticeships 8 interesting things we learned from today’s FE data drop Traineeships and public sector apprenticeship target flops among the findings Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3y Young people Huge T Level employer cash incentive underspend revealed Just £500k of £7m budget used in pilot Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Traineeships flop… AGAIN: Starts target missed by two thirds in 2021/22 Another huge underspend is likely to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics, Skills reform Keegan boasts old FE funding boost in message to education sector It comes a week after FE was ignored in the chancellor’s education cash splash Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Young people DfE launches £150m capital fund for wave five T Level providers The funding can help upgrade facilities and purchase specialist kit Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News ‘Overstretched leaders’ fail to improve teaching at ‘inadequate’ specialist college The Michael Tippett College has been rated insufficient due to quality of teaching, leadership and the curriculum Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Colleges Central Bedfordshire College principal Ali Hadawi resigns College confirms vice-principal will step up to acting principal role Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Inclusion Just 1 in 4 SEND students in work a year after supported internship ends Providers say support must continue as learners move into paid work Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges FE Commissioner warns of college solvency risk and the danger of reclassification Shelagh Legrave also reflects on the ‘positivity’ of her first year in post Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education Exclusive Large HGV training provider goes bust blaming inadequate funding Over 100 staff and 2,000 learners, mostly on bootcamps, affected Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
