Covid-19 College brings back face masks after rise in Covid cases It comes after a cases in Derbyshire increased by 6.5 per cent in a week Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: The Tory Party Conference, Lords ‘Peer Review’ the Skills Bill and the future of assessment In this week’s episode, we’re joined by exams board guru Kirstie Donnelly and policy director Simon Ashworth Shane Mann 4y FE Week Podcast 4y News Tributes paid after death of ‘larger than life’ principal John Callaghan Callaghan has been called an ‘exceptional’ principal by sector leaders Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Legislation, Skills reform Lords in Skills Bill dissent Ministers and peers are trying to add in changes on sixth forms, careers advice, and local skills plans Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Legislation, Skills reform Exclusive Baker to take on government over ‘inadequate’ careers guidance laws The former education secretary is seeking to amend the Skills Bill to ‘oblige’ schools to stick to the Baker… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y AEB, Procurement DfE does ‘too much procurement’, top civil servant admits Keith Smith signals the DfE is looking to move away from tendering for independent training providers. Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y T Levels Exclusive NCFE scoops £38m prize in battle for T Level contracts The charity has beaten City & Guilds and Pearson to become the flagship qualifications’ largest awarding body Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News DfE earmarks £3.3m for team of insolvency and fraud lawyers They will advise on ‘financially distressed’ colleges and ITPs for the DfE’s provider market oversight division Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships, Cabinet reshuffle, Politics Red tape forces small firms to turn their backs on apprenticeship cash incentives The scheme this week received its second extension from the chancellor Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofsted finds safety concerns at SEND charity ‘Improvements are under way, leaders promise Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Young people hit hardest again in full-year apprenticeship figures Apprenticeship starts for the whole of 2020/21 grew marginally on the previous year Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored IPS Ltd bringing tailor-fit solutions to the Further Education Sector Established for almost thirteen years, IPS Ltd has created systems for the Further Education sector and has provided end-to-end… IPS Software 4y IPS Software 4y Newer 1 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 812 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
