Politics Meet the ministers: Who’s who in Rishi Sunak’s first DfE lineup Ministerial responsibilities at the DfE have finally been announced Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Covid fraud hit £5m and 6 more ESFA accounts findings High profile Covid measures, like the apprenticeship incentive payments, were flagged as a high risk for fraud Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen and Samantha Booth 3y Ofsted Ofsted hands rare ‘inadequate’ grade to county council Bedford Borough Council becomes second local authority to currently hold the lowest possible grade Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Sponsored post Sponsored 5 free teacher training opportunities from UK Parliament and how they can broaden your teaching skill set Teacher training opportunities that are perfect for those preparing to teach politics or looking for fresh ideas to create… UK Parliament 3y UK Parliament 3y Adult education Regional and social class divides in adult learning put ‘levelling up’ plans at risk, LWI warns Gap widens for adult learning between highest and lowest performing regions in the UK Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y News DfE reprimanded after student data used by gambling firms – but avoids £10m fine ICO slams ‘woeful’ data protection practices Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Apprenticeships Liverpool City Region targets over 50s for apprenticeships Combined authority says it could help those who have been made redundant, the unemployed and career changers Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills UK hosts special WorldSkills competition this week Competitors visit ex coal mine and Welsh villages ahead of competitions Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted faces another legal challenge over lack of Covid consideration UKTD is the third provider recently to complain Ofsted hasn’t considered the impact of Covid. Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Training Providers New ESFA chief plans financial handbook ‘bible’ for ITPs ESFA’s new chief says he wants to improve partnership working between the agency and the sector Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Young people Long read ‘Crushed’: 1 in 3 health and science T Level students turn their backs on flagship qualification FE Week investigation unearths extent of the fallout from the ‘diabolical’ exams fiasco Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Politics The ‘galling’ pay-offs for DfE ministers on political merry-go-round 19 politicians earn more than £100k in severance pay in a year John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Newer 1 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 854 Older 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 2d Josh Mellor 2d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
