Training Providers

LifeSkills goes into administration after DfE finds ‘data irregularities’

Almost 500 students and 80 staff impacted

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Awarding

‘Difficult to swallow’: Leaders criticise exam fee hikes of up to 17%

Exam boards will earn several million pounds more from schools and colleges – but say they have to cover…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Skills reform

Revealed: 1 in 3 at risk BTECs saved from the chop

DfE publishes ‘final’ list of level 3 quals that overlap with first ten T Levels

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

OfS touts tough registration rules on sexual harassment

HE regulator plans to consult on a new condition of registration early next year

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
Colleges

Third college to go through FE insolvency regime owes £8m

The country’s smallest sixth form college has been forced to close

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE forced to finally reveal true amount of apprenticeship funding returned to Treasury

Over £2bn surrendered since the launch of the levy in 2017 to 2021

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship starts for young people grow the most in full-year 2021/22 figures

But overall starts are still 11% down on pre-pandemic levels

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

BTEC and CTEC result delays scrutinised by MPs: 6 things we learned

Officials grilled on scale of the delays, the impact on learners and the action being taken to ensure the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

T Level exams issues could be more widespread than first thought, Ofqual reveals

Ofqual raises concerns over core papers in education and childcare T Level as well as health and science

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
FE workforce

NEU will ballot sixth form college teachers as 85% back strike

‘In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, [they] are not prepared to see their income fall further’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships, Ofsted, Training Providers

Provider censured after sexual harassment reports from construction apprentices

Prime failed to oversee safeguarding at subcontractor

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor
WorldSkills

WorldSkills 2022: Team UK win bronze in Industry 4.0

The first finals of this year’s WorldSkills competition have taken place – and the UK is already on the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

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
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen