News DfE launches £150m capital fund for wave four T Level providers Colleges and training providers in the fourth wave of the T Level rollout are being invited to bid for… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Universities and colleges announced for new £2m short HE course trial Only one college has been chosen for the new Higher Education Short Course trial Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco Jonathan Slater had just eight months left in post, but was pushed out in spate of perm sec departures FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y News DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps Leaders also asked to ‘use their own networks to encourage sign-up’ FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y News Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews And for the almost 1m VTQ TAGs, just 636 were changed Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Covid-19 Education recovery in FE: Ofsted reveals key findings from autumn 2021 inspections Providers’ finances have suffered, apprentices have been unable to take exams and staff are facing ever-increasing workloads Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News AoC recommends ‘kick in the teeth’ 1% college staff pay rise – again Unions say staff will ‘rightly be furious at this offensive’ offer Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE extends Covid workforce fund until Feb half-term The scheme was reintroduced last month amid rising rates FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Covid-19, T Levels Covid delays Ofsted’s T Level research Yet another delay to Ofsted and T Levels Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges, Covid-19 Land-based college handed finance warning as commercial income takes £1m hit The college received a visit from the FE Commissioner after its financial health dropped to ‘inadequate’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges Good for Me, Good for FE on track to reach £1m volunteering target Colleges have been running community kitchens, foodbank drives and festive activities to generate social value Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 Covid close contact daily testing brought back and air purifiers ‘marketplace’ launched Students will be expected to take tests for a week under new national approach FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Newer 1 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
