News

Colleges can start testing students on-site before March 8, DfE confirms

Secondary schools and colleges will be allowed to start testing students on-site before March 8, the Department for Education…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

What you need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2023

The Department for Education has today launched the registration process to deliver its flagship T Level qualifications from 2023,…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Covid-19

Extra £102m to extend 16-19 Covid tuition fund announced

The government has set aside an additional £102 million to extend the 16 to 19 tuition fund for an…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

March 8 reopening guidance: Staff and students ‘advised’ to wear face coverings in classroom

Staff and students in FE providers have been advised by the Department for Education to wear face coverings in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Covid-19

College students to receive three Covid tests on site upon return

College students will have four rapid Covid tests in the first two weeks of returning to the classroom from…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Colleges and FE providers to reopen in full from March 8, PM announces

All students in colleges and other further education providers can “safely return” for face-to-face teaching from March 8, the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Covid-19

Government to research range of ‘harms’ caused by Covid-19 to students and staff

The Department for Education is tendering for research into how Covid-19 has impacted students and staff. The “rapid” data…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Unions ‘increasingly concerned’ government will order full school and college reopening on March 8

Unions have urged the government to phase the return of students to schools and colleges, amid concerns ministers will…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Apprentice feedback tool kicked into the long grass

A tool that allows apprentices to give feedback on their training provider via text has been delayed again and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Pearson launches ‘major’ consultation into the future of exams amid calls for end to GCSEs

The exam board Pearson has launched a “major” consultation into the future of exams, following calls for GCSEs to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Association of Apprentices launches to support trainees and boost retention

An Association of Apprentices has been launched in an effort to help boost the number of the work-based trainees…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel