Ofsted

Ofsted downgrades new provider after ESFA apprentice pay tip-off

Frustration over blurred ESFA and Ofsted roles

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, EDI

DfE’s ‘bizarre’ BAME apprenticeships strategy

Plans to strengthen ethnic minority representation in campaign imagery and make use of ‘influencers’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, EDI

New national leaders announced but diversity concerns remain

The FE commissioner has previously said that the lack of BAME national leaders reflects the small number of of…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

New apprenticeship provider jumps from ‘insufficient’ to Ofsted ‘outstanding’

“Going from the verge of the business going bust to an ‘outstanding’ is an incredible feat”

Will Nott
Will Nott
Skills reform

ESFA to seek bids for national strategic development fund rollout

Other providers can be part of local projects, but bids can only be led by colleges

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Universal credit training flexibility extended again

Claimants can undertake training for up to 16 weeks for another year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


T Levels

What providers need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2024

This will be the fifth and final year of T Level rollout

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education

‘Deteriorated’ finances on the mend at large adult education college, FE Commissioner finds

Fee income dropped by 27% from £10.1m prior to the pandemic to £7.4m in 2020/21

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

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A first-time opportunity for educators and students to benefit from WorldSkills UK’s unique skills competition assessment modules based on…

WorldSkills UK
WorldSkills UK
WorldSkills

Poland to replace Russia as host for EuroSkills 2023

WorldSkills Europe approached the three member countries that had previously expressed intentions to bid to host the EuroSkills Competition…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Colleges

Nottingham College appoints new permanent CEO

She is set to join the college before the end of this academic year

Will Nott
Will Nott
News

‘Consider the context’: colleges defend against gender pay gap Twitter bot

Numerous colleges fell victim, with some commentators accusing them of hypocrisy online. Some colleges deleted their initial posts 

Will Nott
Will Nott

Must read

16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill