Colleges

Personal reasons for Burnley College boss’s exit – reports

Interim principal replacement finally revealed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

English and maths rules for foundation apprentices revealed

DfE adopts similar policy to the condition of funding for study programmes

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

In-demand FE teachers share £34m of retention cash

Teacher incentives are ‘helpful but a sticking plaster’ says principal

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

DfE sets minimum off-the-job hours for each apprenticeship standard

Policy changed to ‘increase flexibility in the delivery of OTJ’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Devolution, Politics

‘Potential’ for more skills devolution amid mayoral ‘tension’, says minister

Comes weeks after mayor Andy Burnham labelled the DfE as his ‘biggest frustration’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Ofsted

North East college group upgraded to Ofsted ‘outstanding’

Education Training Collective recognised for promoting ambitious curriculums that align to local skills priorities

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Politics

Immigration white paper: What it means for FE and skills

Proposals include rising an employers’ Skills Charge, stricter language rules, an HE levy and mandatory workforce strategies

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Colleges

Labour won’t release brake on car mechanic lecturer plan

Challenges in getting Labour government to fund lecturer pilots, scheme developers say

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
16-19, Careers

Mayors spending on youth to Get Britain Working

Some areas are investing in better systems to track whether young people stay in work or training as they…

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Careers, Training Providers

Gatsby careers rules apply to ITPs from September

ITPs encouraged to offer ‘meaningful’ workplace experiences in refreshed careers guidance

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Politics

Disbelief at Phillipson’s 21-and-under fudge for level 7 apprenticeships

Education secretary’s ‘concession’ described as ‘ridiculous… daft and somewhat disingenuous’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship training time cut for teachers to line up with school year 

Minimum duration will be cut from 12 to 9 months

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker

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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
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