Long read Long read Focus feature: Women principals leaving a legacy in FE This year numerous top female college principals are stepping down after giving their professional lives to the FE sector…. Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE permanently scraps annual FE learner and employer satisfaction surveys The survey is usually taken by hundreds of thousands of students and has run for most of the past… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education, Apprenticeships, Politics IFS: Spending on adult education and apprenticeships will be 25% below 2010 levels by 2025 Spending on adult education and apprenticeships fell by 38 per cent in real-terms between 2010–11 and 2020–21 Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News Warning as cyber criminals try to cash in on exam season The Joint Council for Qualifications warned exams officers about the email earlier this week. The body said a ‘small… FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y T Levels No T Level achievement rates until wave 3 students complete But national-level results for T Levels will be published from the get-go, with the first set of outcomes set… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News New alliance to offer fellowships for FE staff Colleges will have to be a member of both organisations and have ‘chartered status’ for staff to be eligible. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored OCN London joins forces with the Met Police to help widen participation in the police service OCN London, a nationally recognised awarding organisation and Access Validation Agency (AVA), has developed a new Access to HE… OCN London 4y OCN London 4y News DfE seeks brokers to level up SME apprenticeships in the north Intermediaries told to also focus on boosting numbers of young apprentices Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship funding at risk for slow progress drop-outs But providers are up in arms about the bureaucracy of the ‘impractical’ new rule Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ESFA appoints David Withey as next permanent chief executive He replaces Eileen Milner who resigned last year Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships ESFA finally launches Tripadvisor-style feedback feature for apprentices Apprentices can now give anonymous feedback and the results will appear on Find Apprenticeship Training Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Staff Union targets college’s open days for strikes as ‘fire and rehire’ row escalates Staff at Richmond upon Thames College have warned they will strike during open days as a bitter dispute over… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo