News Exclusive College return: Leaders call for further delay ahead of prime minister’s address Colleges leaders have told FE Week they want a delay to face-to-face teaching for most students until at least… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Queen’s New Year honours 2021: Who got what in FE? The outgoing FE Commissioner Richard Atkins has been knighted in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honours. Around 30 people… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News New staggered January return plan announced The government has pushed FE student return dates back by an extra week – but BTEC and other vocational… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Army ‘on standby’ to support schools and colleges with Covid testing The government told the media last night that the military will be “on standby” to support secondary schools and… Nick Linford 4y Nick Linford 4y News £78m Covid mass testing support revealed The government will make £78 million available for the rollout of rapid mass Covid-19 testing of students from January… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News New Ofqual chief promises to work with sector for ‘smooth-running’ exams next year The new interim chief regulator at Ofqual has promised to work with the sector to ensure the “smooth-running” of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Bring back individual learning accounts, say influential MPs Influential MPs have added their voices to calls for the return of individual learning accounts to help reverse the… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Unions tell ministers mass testing plans are ‘inoperable’, and pledge to back colleges who refuse Unions and professional associations have said they will fully back schools and colleges that are “unable” to deliver mass… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Non-exam-year FE students to switch to online learning for first week back in January FE students who are not preparing for exams in 2021 must learn at home for the first week of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Top results at A-level drop in Autumn resits compared to summer The proportion of top grades awarded to students in the Autumn A-level exams is overall lower than the summer… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y AEB London Mayor to increase AEB funding rates by 10% – but will the ESFA follow? The mayor of London will increase the funding rates for all adult education budget qualifications up to and including… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Regulators took over after apprenticeship assessment bodies refused to comply A lack of regulatory powers for quality assurance providers to enforce compliance with apprentice assessment rules was a key… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
