Skills reform ESFA to seek bids for national strategic development fund rollout Other providers can be part of local projects, but bids can only be led by colleges Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Universal credit training flexibility extended again Claimants can undertake training for up to 16 weeks for another year Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Young people What providers need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2024 This will be the fifth and final year of T Level rollout Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education ‘Deteriorated’ finances on the mend at large adult education college, FE Commissioner finds Fee income dropped by 27% from £10.1m prior to the pandemic to £7.4m in 2020/21 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Encourage a winning mindset through our free competition-development programme A first-time opportunity for educators and students to benefit from WorldSkills UK’s unique skills competition assessment modules based on… WorldSkills UK 4y WorldSkills UK 4y WorldSkills Poland to replace Russia as host for EuroSkills 2023 WorldSkills Europe approached the three member countries that had previously expressed intentions to bid to host the EuroSkills Competition… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Colleges Nottingham College appoints new permanent CEO She is set to join the college before the end of this academic year Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News ‘Consider the context’: colleges defend against gender pay gap Twitter bot Numerous colleges fell victim, with some commentators accusing them of hypocrisy online. Some colleges deleted their initial posts Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News Home Office offers concessions on Ukrainian students’ visas The DfE confirmed to FE Week that Ukrainian students who extend their study visas in the UK will be… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Long read, Teaching Long read Focus feature: The realities of research in FE Despite a lack of funds and interest from above, research in FE is being kept alive by grassroots groups… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News ‘A terrible way to treat a profession’: ASCL president slams league tables publication plan Colleges are being ‘thrown to the wolves’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE sets sail for first shipbuilding skills taskforce captain A refreshed cross-government National Shipping Strategy was launched on Thursday Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 854 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