Feature, News Exclusive New FE Commissioner: ‘I want to change perception from one of fear to one of support’ But ‘some leaders do some really silly things, so there will always be consequences’, Shelagh Legrave warns Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Awarding Revealed: Winners of FAB Awards 2021 NCFE and WorldSkills UK are among the nine winners from tonight Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Exams Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details Exams watchdog says schools and colleges should ‘guard’ against ‘over-assessment’ of students Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Qualifications Labour warns BTECs cull could hit healthcare and retail hardest ‘We want to ensure every young person can gain a level 3 qualification whether through A-levels, T Levels, BTECs… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Richard Branson’s Virgin Care training arm takes off with top Ofsted marks Inspectors lauded apprentices for ‘outstanding resilience’ during the pandemic Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Office for Students OfS chief stepping down next spring Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has thanked her for her ‘excellent work improving access to higher education’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y T Levels There is no T Level recruitment target, DfE maintains It comes despite the spending review making funding available for ‘up to 100,000 students’ by 2024 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y AEB Most disadvantaged adults ‘least likely to participate’ in education, LWI finds Only four in ten adults are aware free basic skills courses are available, the survey also discovered Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Prison education Education behind bars: five ex-prisoners tell MPs of their learning experiences The quality of prison education came in for criticism, with one witness saying theirs was ‘dreadful’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Digital Exclusive New digital functional skills qual: warning sounded on SEND exclusion Learners with special educational needs could be locked out by the new course’s subject content Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Climate Change Exclusive Net zero in FE: ‘Why aren’t we doing this yet?’ With the world’s eyes on the UK at COP26, Jess Staufenberg looks at who’s coming up with a proper… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Newer 1 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 812 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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
