Young people

DfE seeks brokers for SME T Level placements

Up to £350 will be paid per placement to the winning contractors

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Government may stop engaging with NUS over antisemitism allegations, minister warns

But the union has hit back, accusing the minister of spreading misinformation

Will Nott
Will Nott
FE workforce

College staff warn of strike action if pay doesn’t increase by 10%

Staff pay has fallen by 35 per cent in real terms since 2009 and an indicative ballot of UCU…

Will Nott
Will Nott
Young people

‘Significantly’ less than half of AGQs like BTECs will get the chop, government concedes

‘Through this process we expect to remove just a small proportion of the total level 3 BTEC and other…

Will Nott
Will Nott
News

Education and Training Foundation boss stands down

The Education and Training Foundation has announced that David Russell has left the organisation.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Covid-19

Ofsted: Eight key points from latest education recovery research

Providers told Ofsted that apprentices were not being given enough tasks due to pressures on businesses. 

Will Nott
Will Nott


Teaching

Flagship teacher recruitment programme opens to more specialisms

Training providers and colleges can now apply to for funding for recruits to English, maths and SEND teaching posts…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

‘Unit for future skills’ to launch this month

Course information for employers and learners through a new ‘unit for future skills’ will start being published this month,…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sponsored post

A green skills solution from The Skills Network

As the climate crisis grows, calls for an integration of a fourth functional sustainability skill into mass upskilling across…

The Skills Network
The Skills Network
Colleges

Capital projects worth £400 million given green light

The government’s flagship college capital investment programme awards a further £400 million, but rising prices bring costs in to…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Recovering colleges’ latest Ofsted results

One principal said they weren’t sure the Ofsted inspection was helpful or good value for money. Three colleges tell…

Will Nott
Billy Camden and Will Nott
Colleges, Ofsted

Ofsted slams SEND college for ‘highly inappropriate’ activities

The watchdog found that students with special educational needs and disabilities were tube fed and medicated in classrooms in…

Will Nott
Will Nott

Must read

Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
News

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