Ofsted Ofsted rates sixth form college ‘outstanding’ again – 13 years on from last inspection ‘We’re absolutely thrilled. This is a real testament to the staff who work tirelessly for our students’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Qualifications, Skills reform DfE reveals plan to scrap thousands of level 2 and below qualifications Courses that are ‘too narrowly focused’ such as plumbing or bricklaying face the chop Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Governors ‘lack urgency’ on financial issues at struggling land-based college, says FE Commissioner The report said that “financial risks are accumulating” Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y WorldSkills EuroSkills 2023 moved from St Petersburg as WorldSkills suspends Russia and Belarus amid invasion of Ukraine Russia and Belarus have been suspended from WorldSkills competitions and the EuroSkills 2023 event will no longer be held… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News St Petersburg’s fate as host of EuroSkills 2023 set for crunch talks “WorldSkills Europe is shocked and saddened by the security situation that is unfolding in Ukraine” Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News College facing insolvency demands quicker merger solution FE Commissioner says even if significant savings are found the college cannot survive on its own Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y AEB, Covid-19 Provider pulls out of £3m devolved contract due to low student uptake ‘Potential learners just haven’t been able to commit to signing up’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News DfE being sued for millions by training provider CCP claims the department unlawfully held back fees which led to a loss of business Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Skills reform Zahawi makes plea to peers to leave the skills bill alone A process informally known as ‘ping pong’ is set to take place Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships Unfair: Large apprenticeship providers ‘disproportionately penalised’ by new ESFA rule Agency to penalise providers for more than 100 withdrawals or delayed completions Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform, T Levels Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull Regulators have unveiled plans for more “rigorous” controls over the BTECs and other post-16 qualifications which survive a planned… FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y News WorldSkills UK announces winners of equity, diversity and inclusion awards Winners included an electronics engineer who spent lockdown designing science packs for school children Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Newer 1 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 812 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
