News All college leaders required to attend annual MOT meeting New “strategic conversations” that require all college leaders to meet with Education and Skills Funding Agency and FE Commissioner… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofqual publishes proposals for autumn 2021 exam series This year’s autumn exam series will be similar to the one held in 2020, but with GCSE exams potentially… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Full Ofsted inspections won’t return until September Full graded Ofsted inspections will not return until the new academic year, with the watchdog instead looking at bringing… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Could your college capitalise on the new apprenticeships? Apprentice reform has opened the floodgates for private providers to really get involved in delivering apprenticeships. The new standards… Active iQ 4y Active iQ 4y News Exclusive More licences to practice would show England ‘values’ skills The lack of jobs in England which require a licence to practice shows the country does not place a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform FE White Paper In-Depth | Webcast recordings Access all the recordings of our FE White Paper In-depth series. A free webcast update series from FE Week,… Shane Mann 4y Shane Mann 4y News College closes all campuses for a week following ‘major’ cyber attack A Birmingham college has closed all its campuses to students for a week following a “major” ransomware cyber attack… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Revealed: The most popular Skills Toolkit courses The government has for the first time revealed the most popular courses being taken through its “Skills Toolkit” –… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ex-skills minister criticises lack of T Level targets A former skills minister has criticised the Department for Education for moving away from T Levels student recruitment targets…. Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive ‘Absurd’: Small employers blocked from apprentice cash incentives Small employers are being blocked from the government’s apprentice cash incentives due to a “bonkers” cap on starts, an… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Turing scheme opens for bids Colleges and training providers can now apply for funding to send students and apprentices to study or work internationally… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform Revealed: Complex allocations for the ‘targeted level 3 adult offer’ Just over £118 million has been set aside to pay for the new “targeted level 3 adult offer” across… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 813 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
