News

Sector leaders urge quicker rollout of repeat level 3 adult offer

Leaders predict a ‘massive underspend’ due to lack of demand

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

New shadow ed sec to push Zahawi on Omicron plans

The new shadow education secretary has requested an “urgent briefing” from her opposite number Nadhim Zahawi about how government…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

‘Inconsistent quality’ of degree apprenticeships at university slammed

The courses suffer because they are managed within individual faculties, according to Ofsted

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Winners of the 2021 National Apprenticeship Awards revealed

‘Dedicated’ apprentices and leading employers have been handed gongs

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

68 live investigations into FE providers, and 7 more ESFA accounts findings

Top staff bag bonuses totalling £60k in 2020-21

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Covid-19

DfE brings back Covid workforce fund for colleges

Find out how your college can apply to cover costs associated with teacher absences

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


News

Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new shadow education secretary

Labour has a new education lead following a reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

IFS: Education cuts ‘effectively without precedent in post-war history’

Extra investment announced at the spending review for FE will only partially reverse past cuts

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Bridget Phillipson appointed shadow education secretary

Kate Green moved out, as schools minister Peter Kyle given new job

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted

Ofsted finds ‘concerning number’ of sexual harassment allegations at apprenticeship provider

Ofsted has begun clamping down on ‘ineffective’ safeguarding measures, including against sexual abuse

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Revealed: The 2021 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Fifteen winners from across UK schools and colleges recognised

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid-19

Omicron: What you need to know about new guidance for education

Principals told in an email this afternoon about rule changes for face masks and close contact isolation

John Dickens
John Dickens

Must read

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
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden