News School and college leaders demand £5.8bn catch-up cash for poorer students Education bosses have set out proposals for a £5.8 billion Covid recovery plan, including a £300 million three-year post-16… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive ‘Excellent’ college principal retires due to ill health A long-standing college principal has retired with immediate effect due to a terminal illness. John Callaghan, who has led… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Afghan refugees will be offered free English courses, Department for Education says The Department for Education has promised free English courses for Afghan refugees as part of the government’s Operation Warm… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 DfE to evaluate impact of 16-19 Covid tuition fund The government is planning to evaluate its subsidised tuition scheme for 16-to-19-year-olds – after almost a quarter of eligible… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: The 88 providers that won national adult education budget tender funding Half of the 88 training providers to win funding in the government’s national adult education budget (AEB) tender did… FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y News New £75 ‘connectivity support grants’: What you need to know Colleges will be able to claim back money to help disadvantaged students absent due to Covid get online in… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Exclusive Private providers excluded from DfE’s latest Covid safety scheme Independent providers are outraged after the government barred them from a scheme to tackle Covid infections in education settings…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Colleges sought to create new ‘short’ courses in ‘important’ subjects Colleges have been invited to bid for a share of a £2 million fund to develop new short higher… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Revealed: 45 T Level colleges sharing £50m to refurbish teaching spaces Forty-five colleges delivering the government’s flagship T Level qualifications from next year have won a slice of £50 million… Simon Kay 4y Simon Kay 4y News Ofqual ‘pleased’ with ‘small’ number of penalties issued for cheating in vocational exams last year More than 1,300 penalties were issued for cheating in vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) in 2019/20 – with the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News International college membership body appoints England-based principal as new chair An England-based college principal has been named as the new chair of a global membership organisation for technical education… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE’s skills and productivity board chair replaced after a year The chair of the Department for Education’s skills and productivity board has stepped down a year after being appointed… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 839 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
