News Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Office for Students OfS chief stepping down next spring Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has thanked her for her ‘excellent work improving access to higher education’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y T Levels There is no T Level recruitment target, DfE maintains It comes despite the spending review making funding available for ‘up to 100,000 students’ by 2024 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education Most disadvantaged adults ‘least likely to participate’ in education, L&W finds Only four in ten adults are aware free basic skills courses are available, the survey also discovered Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Prison education Education behind bars: five ex-prisoners tell MPs of their learning experiences The quality of prison education came in for criticism, with one witness saying theirs was ‘dreadful’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y SEND Exclusive New digital functional skills qual: warning sounded on SEND exclusion Learners with special educational needs could be locked out by the new course’s subject content Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y net zero Exclusive Net zero in FE: ‘Why aren’t we doing this yet?’ With the world’s eyes on the UK at COP26, Jess Staufenberg looks at who’s coming up with a proper… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Special educational needs provision, sustainability and the spending review This week Shane is joined by David Russell, chief executive at the Education and Training Foundation, and Fiona Aldridge,… Jess Staufenberg 4y The FE Week Podcast 4y News AELP conference round-up: Top officials talk traineeships, achievement rates and T Levels Providers, regulators and government representatives headed to Manchester this week for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP)… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y SEND, Spending Review Exclusive ‘Everything goes at 18’: Ofsted warns of SEND cliff-edge Experts have warned of ‘appalling’ guidance for families and out-of-date documentation Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Apprenticeships Insolvency Service to take no action against directors of collapsed provider 3aaa The Insolvency Service began investigating the company’s directors’ conduct following its collapse in 2018 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Qualifications Ministers play down BTECs cull They have gone as far as to blame the media for fuelling a belief there will be a binary… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 842 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
