News Exclusive Third of apprentice assessors have never awarded a certificate More than one-third of organisations signed up to deliver apprenticeship assessments are yet to award any certificates, FE Week… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Sluggish start for government’s free IT qualifications Take-up of the government’s flagship free digital skills qualifications, which will replace all low-level IT courses studied annually by… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE seeks local authorities for ‘pupil premium plus’ extension into FE The government is on the hunt for local authorities to take part in a £3 million pilot to extend… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Sixth form students’ art exhibit tackles fake news More than 250 students at 58 colleges will have their work on the theme of ‘Fake News’ published in… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive ESFA chief executive Eileen Milner to stand down The chief executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Eileen Milner is to stand down, FE Week… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 DfE tells schools and colleges to prepare for return of on-site Covid testing in September Schools and colleges have been told to prepare for the return of on-site Covid testing from the start of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ESFA’s adult education budget tender results delayed… AGAIN Outcomes for the national adult education budget tender have been hit by a second delay. Results were originally supposed… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Ofsted confirms inspection changes following sexual abuse review Inspectors will review sexual abuse records and consider how colleges handle related incidents when Ofsted returns to routine inspections… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive High-street names cite cost as they exit apprenticeship training market Several major retailers have turned their backs on delivering their own apprenticeship training, with one blaming the costs of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Independence questions as Williamson ally put forward for Ofqual job Gavin Williamson has put forward his own policy adviser to be the next chief regulator of Ofqual, prompting warnings… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News HR T Level ‘ceased’ A new human resources T Level has been pulled from the flagship qualifications’ rollout after no awarding organisations could… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted New provider hits out at validity of Ofsted inspection done ‘on limited contact time’ A new apprenticeship provider has expressed its “frustrations” with the validity of an Ofsted report that now threatens its… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 817 Older Must read community cohesion 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 3h Jessica Hill 3h Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
