News

Storm Eunice: Colleges close across south England

The Met Office warned of flying debris resulting in danger to life

Will Nott
Will Nott
Covid-19

DfE extends Covid school and college workforce fund until Easter

Staff fund extended until April 8

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Colleges

Stop, collaborate and listen

Leaders representing the four UK nations have their say on HE and FE collaboration

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Skills reform

DfE publishes ESFA review but can’t confirm crucial post-16 responsibilities

The review of the ESFA has now been published in full.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Winners of the AoC Student of the Year Awards 2022 revealed

Awards for the young student, adult student, higher education student and apprentice of the year are run by the…

Will Nott
Will Nott


News

AoC: Relax financial intervention rules to protect college reputations

A ‘significant minority’ of colleges face ‘real financial difficulty’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Prisoners to finally be offered apprenticeships

The scheme will initially be offered to up to a hundred prisoners across England before being rolled out across…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Levelling Up
Will Nott
Awarding

Awarding bodies’ report reveals rocketing cost of regulatory burden

Regulation has risen ‘exponentially’ over the past decade, research finds

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship funding band pilot finally gets underway

Around 20 trailblazer groups from various sectors are set to be piloted

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Minister refuses to offer transparency on apprenticeship levy spending

Donelan says the government is instead focused on the ‘key stats that really matter’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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