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Colleges to reopen by 8 March at the earliest, DfE confirms

Colleges will begin reopening to more students from 8 March if the government’s Covid-19 vaccination targets are met, the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Revealed: How employers claim the £1,000 traineeship incentive

Employers can claim the government’s promised £1,000 for a completed traineeship work placement using an online form from today….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

PAC college financial sustainability report: The 7 recommendations

The Public Accounts Committee has set the Department for Education a list of tasks to address the “fragile” financial…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Public Accounts Committee criticises expensive and ineffective college oversight

The government’s approach to college intervention takes too long, costs too much and is not effective in making them…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Reopening colleges and providers: Announcements coming ‘in next few days’

The government will make announcements on reopening education providers “in the next few days”, the schools minister has said….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

Five things you need to know about delivering T Levels

T Levels bring with them important new expectations of educators, says Zac Aldridge, NCFE’s operations director for technical education…

NCFE
NCFE


Skills reform

Sector gives FE white paper the thumbs up

The FE white paper has been given a warm welcome by sector leaders and FE Week readers, with almost…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

FE white paper: The key reforms

The FE white paper included more than 30 proposals but the majority repeat or build on current reforms rather…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DWP Kickstart gateway firms approved by algorithm, with no trading history or based abroad

[UPDATE: Five days after publication of this article, the DWP got in touch to say that they use human…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Government Kickstart minimum vacancy rule to be scrapped, hitting hundreds of ‘gateway’ providers

The chancellor is to scrap the minimum 30 vacancy requirement for the government’s Kickstart scheme, scuppering the plans of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Sponsored post

Reflecting on the changes of teaching in 2020

The year of 2020 has changed the face of learning and development, with training providers all over the world…

Shane Mann
Shane Mann
News

Departing Hull College chair lashes out at ‘failure’ of government oversight

Daf Williams, just hours after a shock resignation from the position of chair to the board of Hull College…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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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
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