News Prison education: 5 things we learned from today’s education committee hearing The Commons’ education select committee heard from expert witnesses and two sector leaders today as part of its ongoing… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Ofsted Ofsted finds apprentices without jobs at provider Ofsted has chastised an online training provider after finding cases where, “in contrast to the records held”, apprentices did… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive College suspends principal just two months before merger A college being forced into a merger after an audit revealed a £5.35 million over-claim has now suspended its… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive For sale! Land of insolvent college goes on the market for £580K England’s first college to be put through the government’s insolvency regime is selling off a huge parcel of land,… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Ofsted Exclusive Provider challenges Ofsted for ‘factually incorrect’ report A care worker apprenticeship provider is challenging a damaging Ofsted report and accused inspectors of lacking the knowledge to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Apprenticeships Exclusive ESFA to select providers for reapplication to apprenticeships register in random order Providers on the apprenticeships register will be “randomly selected” to reapply in different phases over the next year, the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive National college closes without ever having opened One of the government’s once-vaunted national colleges is being wound up – without ever opening, FE Week can reveal…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Skills Bill: DfE accused of ‘power-grab’ over colleges The much-heralded Skills Bill contains a Department for Education “power-grab” and will “fail to meet the scale of the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News £250m of apprenticeship funding went back to Treasury in 2020-21 Apprenticeship funding to the tune of £250 million was handed back to the Treasury in 2020-21, FE Week can… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Apprenticeships Exclusive ‘Middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships confirmed by new analysis The apprenticeship reforms are increasingly disadvantaging people from low-income areas, new FE Week analysis has revealed. Since the new-style… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Right2Learn campaign to host inaugural conference tonight A new campaign that argues for a lifelong statutory right to fully funded learning for every adult is holding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News International partnerships announced to boost post-pandemic skills recovery WorldSkills UK is signing up to a host of partnerships with overseas counterparts which will mean greater sharing of… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
