Adult education

AEB tender result deadline ditched as ESFA now just ‘hope’ to provide an update

Government officials have said they “hope” to provide an update on the delayed results for the adult education budget…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Winners of 2021 BTEC Awards unveiled

An emergency services volunteer and a carer who juggled looking after her disabled sister with studying are two of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Shane Chowen announced as new FE Week editor

Shane Chowen has been appointed as the new editor of FE Week. He will take the reins in August…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Lowest paid and those with least qualifications most likely to miss out on training, says report

Degree-level learners are over four times more likely to access further training throughout their life than those with no…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Winners of the 2021 Festival of Learning awards announced

A domestic abuse survivor and a learner who retrained in engineering after losing her chef career in a motorbike…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Ofsted

Ofsted finds learners unaware they are on an apprenticeship

A private provider has been suspended from taking on new learners after Ofsted found a “few cases” of apprentices…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Covid-19

Easing Covid restrictions: What FE providers need to know

The government plans to remove bubbles and social distancing rules in FE providers from July 19, the education secretary…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

‘Policy not politics’: New Ofqual boss attempts to play down independence fears

Jo Saxton has said she would “absolutely speak out” as Ofqual boss if she felt any government decisions were…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Winners of delayed £18m skills bootcamp tender revealed

The training providers and colleges chosen to deliver the remaining national skills bootcamp programmes have finally been named. FE…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Disappointment as human resources T Level development stopped

The government’s decision to “cease” a T Level in human resources will cut the industry off from a potentially…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Speed read: Draft statutory guidance on local skills reviews published

The Department for Education has published draft statutory guidance on college governors’ new duty to review local skills provision….

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Virtual Natspec games prove a hit

Students enjoyed some of their “best experiences” at the first fully virtual Natspec Games last week. Organisers are even…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill