News Activate unveils new chief exec and plans for another merger Gary Headland will succeed Sally Dicketts as CEO at Activate Learning. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Qualifications BTECs: 118 MPs and Lords call on new education secretary to rethink cull ‘It is perfectly possible for T Levels, A-levels and BTECs to co-exist’, insist cross-party group Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Legislation, Skills reform Skills Bill debate: Senior Tories split on level 3 reform Several senior Conservative peers voted against the government last night following fiery exchanges on plans to scrap the majority… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting your learners to develop skills for the future workplace with Barclays LifeSkills Explore how Barclays LifeSkills can help you to support your learners in developing their skills Barclays LifeSkills 4y Barclays LifeSkills 4y News Thousands of adults to be offered free new technical courses – but 2 regions miss out Institutes of Technology will offer 65 new short and modular courses later this month Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: Over 100 colleges and unis to share £18m fund to expand higher technical quals The names of more than 100 FE and HE providers to win a slice of an £18 million ‘growth… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive It’s a delicate business, this assessment reform The debate about high-stakes assessment is hotting up. Jess Staufenberg talks to the movers and shakers You will have… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y Covid-19 Zahawi and Javid encourage school and college student vaccine take-up The education and health secretaries have urged parents to get their children vaccinated to prevent the spread of Covid-19…. FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Bootcamps DfE sets off on £17m hunt for HGV bootcamp training providers The DfE has upped the budget and is now looking for nearly twice the number of drivers they were… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News College principal to become government’s new Social Mobility Commission deputy Alun Francis expected to be second-in-command to Katharine Birbalsingh – head of the country’s ‘strictest school’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Calls grow for reform of ELQ rules Former Conservative ministers and trade union bosses have both called for retraining rules to be relaxed Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y recruitment ETF mulls scheme to bring out-of-work professionals into FE teaching It comes after the Department for Education admitted there are ‘significant difficulties’ recruiting FE teachers Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 812 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
