Colleges

Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2022 winners announced

‘Colleges are brilliant – and the winners of the Beacon Awards are some of the best of the best’

Will Nott
Will Nott
Skills reform

DfE begins local skills improvement plans national rollout

It is hoped that “most” of the country will be covered by an LSIP by summer 2023

Will Nott
Will Nott
Skills reform

Ofqual voices concern over DfE reforms to level 2 and below qualifications

Plans risk adding confusion to landscape and ‘overhwhelming’ educators

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

IPS Ltd; Introducing Enrichment Resource Solutions, Additional Facilities to Support Mental Health in FE

Over the past few years, the UK has identified a vast increase in people facing Mental Health issues, and…

IPS Software
IPS Software
Ofsted

Ofsted 5-year strategy Q&A with Paul Joyce

We discuss the watchdog’s two key areas of focus for FE

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

£11k canapés help guests swallow Zahawi’s climate strategy

Taste Studios, trading as ‘The Recipe’, was given a £11,480 contract to provide the food – about £46 a…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


EDI

The college gender gap narrows, but slowly

While the gender pay gap has improved on average at most colleges, sector leaders have said the rate of…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Teaching

College and ITP teachers will be in scope for lifetime bans, DfE confirms

Powers to issue lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct will be extended to FE, the DfE has…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

South-west triumphs as AoC Sport National Championships returns after 2-year absence

‘There were tears from the coaches. It’s great to see the joy in the faces of the students’

Will Nott
Will Nott
News

Missed opportunity: flagship edtech scheme ends after 2 years

The programme was a key plank of the government’s 2019 edtech strategy

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

St John Ambulance faces apprentice recruitment suspension

Ofsted found ‘insufficient’ progress at the country’s best-known first aid training charity

Will Nott
Will Nott
T Levels

Employers losing interesting in T Levels, survey reveals

5,000 employers were quizzed about their interest in offering T Level placements, apprenticeships and traineeships.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
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