News NFL Academy set to touchdown in Loughborough College The academy will move from Barnet and Southgate College in September Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Assessment Ofqual’s 3-year plan for exams: what you need to know Exams watchdog pledges to support the use of technology in assessments Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Colleges Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2022 winners announced ‘Colleges are brilliant – and the winners of the Beacon Awards are some of the best of the best’ Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Skills reform DfE begins local skills improvement plans national rollout It is hoped that “most” of the country will be covered by an LSIP by summer 2023 Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Skills reform Ofqual voices concern over DfE reforms to level 2 and below qualifications Plans risk adding confusion to landscape and ‘overhwhelming’ educators Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored IPS Ltd; Introducing Enrichment Resource Solutions, Additional Facilities to Support Mental Health in FE Over the past few years, the UK has identified a vast increase in people facing Mental Health issues, and… IPS Software 4y IPS Software 4y Ofsted Ofsted 5-year strategy Q&A with Paul Joyce We discuss the watchdog’s two key areas of focus for FE Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News £11k canapés help guests swallow Zahawi’s climate strategy Taste Studios, trading as ‘The Recipe’, was given a £11,480 contract to provide the food – about £46 a… Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Inclusion The college gender gap narrows, but slowly While the gender pay gap has improved on average at most colleges, sector leaders have said the rate of… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Teaching College and ITP teachers will be in scope for lifetime bans, DfE confirms Powers to issue lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct will be extended to FE, the DfE has… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News South-west triumphs as AoC Sport National Championships returns after 2-year absence ‘There were tears from the coaches. It’s great to see the joy in the faces of the students’ Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News Missed opportunity: flagship edtech scheme ends after 2 years The programme was a key plank of the government’s 2019 edtech strategy Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Newer 1 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo