News First look at skills bootcamp outcomes Nearly half of bootcamp participants didn’t achieve a positive employment outcome. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Ofqual Ian Bauckham made permanent chair of Ofqual Academy trust boss Ian Bauckham has been appointed as Ofqual’s permanent chair, the exams regulator has announced. Bauckham, chief… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid-19 Omicron: What does Plan B mean for FE? Face to face teaching must continue, and January exams will go ahead. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Covid-19 Exclusive Omicron: Ofsted suspend inspections Ofsted inspections will be cancelled next week so colleges and providers can use the final days of term to… John Dickens 4y John Dickens 4y News Cabinet secretary to investigate DfE Christmas party, says top civil servant Acland-Hood says December 10 event will form part of Simon Case’s investigation Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Prison education Government promises prison education service is coming – but when? In-cell technology is set to be expanded and new employment advisors in prisons are being introduced Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Ofsted’s 2020/21 annual report: FE and skills hit ‘particularly hard’ by Covid Ofsted has today published its annual stocktake of education for the 2020/21 academic year, which saw inspection activity mostly… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Investigation From the European Social Fund to Shared Prosperity Fund: ‘It’s a shambles’ Billions of pounds have poured into skills and education projects through the European Social Fund. Its replacement, the UK… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y T Levels Top civil servant offers reassurance to T Level students unable to find placements The DfE has insisted all T Level students will complete the majority of their placement Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y T Levels NHS called on to aid T Level placements crisis Colleges running digital T Levels are facing challenges in finding placements with employers Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Move into apprenticeships loses university’s ‘outstanding’ ranking A university has lost its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade following a move into the apprenticeships market. Kingston University dropped to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Sector leaders urge quicker rollout of repeat level 3 adult offer Leaders predict a ‘massive underspend’ due to lack of demand Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
