Adult education Refugee-turned-tutor and green apprentice lead London’s learning shortlist London’s most inspiring adult learners, employers and learning organisations have been shortlisted FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo Adult education Reform UK mayor’s ESOL cuts not catching on – yet Greater Lincolnshire’s mayor wants to fund literacy and numeracy instead of English language lessons Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Apprenticeships AELP conference: DWP seek to soothe over apprenticeship reform Employers spooked as ITPs raise brand damage fears Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Apprenticeships Judge finds no grudge as DfE defeats Marples’ £37m 3aaa claim A full report on the High Court showdown’s conclusion Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges Brooklands can stand alone, says FE Commissioner Decision ends 6 years of direct oversight for the college Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Sponsored post Sponsored EPA reform: changes inevitable, but not unfamiliar Change is coming and, as always with FE, it’s seemingly inevitable. I’ve spent over 20 years working in the sector…. Advertorial 4mo NCFE 4mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted DfE sets out apprenticeship intervention rules for new Ofsted regime Sanctions on poor-performing training providers will be considered on a case-by-case basis as Ofsted’s new inspection regime beds in Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform, Young people Francis review prompts DfE shake-up of English and maths accountability measures Review response also reveals incoming guidance for colleges on enrichment Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Colleges ‘£379m’ in college capital cash will return to Treasury via ‘penalising’ VAT rules Academies were granted VAT exemptions in 2011 Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Higher education Limited understanding: OfS grants degree powers to wrong LTE Group OfS makes gaffe on the wrong gaff Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Apprenticeships Providers must join official register to offer new ‘apprenticeship units’ DWP skills director also confirms new short course content will come from existing apprenticeship standards Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Newer 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 850 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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