News Queen’s speech 2021: What was promised for FE and skills The government has pledged to introduce legislation to support its lifetime skills guarantee policy and enable flexible training throughout… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Long read, SEND Revealed: SEND centres for excellence model to expand with six new providers Two years on, the sector’s ‘centres for excellence’ in special educational needs will be joined by mini-hubs. Jess Staufenberg… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News Student face mask rules to be dropped from May 17, PM confirms Students will no longer wear face masks in school and college from next week, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofsted to review framework’s impact on staff wellbeing, new charter pledges Ofsted will review the impact its inspection framework has on staff wellbeing and the government has promised not to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform New legislation set for the ‘Skills Bill’ [UPDATE 11/05/2021: Downing Street has said the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will be introduced on 18 May] … Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: The 13 final runners in £120m Institutes of Technology competition The proposals in the running for the second wave of the government’s flagship Institutes of Technology have been revealed…. Simon Kay 4y Simon Kay 4y News Tell us why grades will be withheld, say leaders School and college leaders are demanding Ofqual come clean over why students might have grades “withheld” this summer. Ofqual’s… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 College forced to close following Covid-19 outbreak A college has been forced to close its campus following an outbreak of Covid-19, involving the so-called “Indian variant”,… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive WorldSkills hosts biggest ever virtual pressure test in run-up to Shanghai 2022 A UK competitor has come within the top 15 at the largest virtual pressure test ever run by the… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive ESFA boss threatens to put scandal hit college into administration A college is being threatened with education administration following a £20 million apprenticeship subcontracting scandal, FE Week understands. Brooklands… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofsted slams safeguarding failings at apprenticeship giant One of England’s largest training providers has been rapped by Ofsted for serious safeguarding failures in its early years… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Highlights from Annual Apprenticeship Conference 2021 6/05/2021 Find out more Newer 1 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo