recruitment ETF mulls scheme to bring out-of-work professionals into FE teaching It comes after the Department for Education admitted there are ‘significant difficulties’ recruiting FE teachers Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 College brings back face masks after rise in Covid cases It comes after a cases in Derbyshire increased by 6.5 per cent in a week Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: The Tory Party Conference, Lords ‘Peer Review’ the Skills Bill and the future of assessment In this week’s episode, we’re joined by exams board guru Kirstie Donnelly and policy director Simon Ashworth Shane Mann 4y FE Week Podcast 4y News Tributes paid after death of ‘larger than life’ principal John Callaghan Callaghan has been called an ‘exceptional’ principal by sector leaders Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Legislation, Skills reform Lords in Skills Bill dissent Ministers and peers are trying to add in changes on sixth forms, careers advice, and local skills plans Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Legislation, Skills reform Exclusive Baker to take on government over ‘inadequate’ careers guidance laws The former education secretary is seeking to amend the Skills Bill to ‘oblige’ schools to stick to the Baker… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Adult education DfE does ‘too much procurement’, top civil servant admits Keith Smith signals the DfE is looking to move away from tendering for independent training providers. Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y T Levels Exclusive NCFE scoops £38m prize in battle for T Level contracts The charity has beaten City & Guilds and Pearson to become the flagship qualifications’ largest awarding body Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News DfE earmarks £3.3m for team of insolvency and fraud lawyers They will advise on ‘financially distressed’ colleges and ITPs for the DfE’s provider market oversight division Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships, Politics Red tape forces small firms to turn their backs on apprenticeship cash incentives The scheme this week received its second extension from the chancellor Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofsted finds safety concerns at SEND charity ‘Improvements are under way, leaders promise Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Young people hit hardest again in full-year apprenticeship figures Apprenticeship starts for the whole of 2020/21 grew marginally on the previous year Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 832 Older Must read 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 3d Anviksha Patel 3d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
