News DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Covid-19, T Levels Covid delays Ofsted’s T Level research Yet another delay to Ofsted and T Levels Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges, Covid-19 Land-based college handed finance warning as commercial income takes £1m hit The college received a visit from the FE Commissioner after its financial health dropped to ‘inadequate’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Good for me good for FE Good for Me, Good for FE on track to reach £1m volunteering target Colleges have been running community kitchens, foodbank drives and festive activities to generate social value Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 Covid close contact daily testing brought back and air purifiers ‘marketplace’ launched Students will be expected to take tests for a week under new national approach FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Colleges TEC Partnership leader appointed new Hull principal Gray becomes the college’s sixth leader in two years Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News College intervention – six things we learned in the FE Commissioner’s annual report There are fewer colleges in intervention, but the new commissioner warns of more budget pressures to come. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y SEND SEND review may be folded into schools white paper Sector leaders have welcomed the idea of a more “seamless” and “joined-up” system Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 IfATE grants extensions to more apprenticeship assessment flexibilities The quango has become the latest official body to react to the new variant Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Let’s talk about SAKS: Provider scores top Ofsted marks The provider was credited for working closely with employers, supporting its workforce, and for apprentices feeling safe Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Moulton rises from the ashes: College climbs out of ‘inadequate’ The principal has credited the result to her ‘amazing team’ having ‘massively pulled together’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Department for Education Exclusive New DfE skills board: scanty minutes lead to ‘closed shop’ accusations The DfE has again come under fire for a lack of transparency Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 812 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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
