News No mandatory face masks, and 7 other things you need to know about autumn exams The government has released further guidance on how schools and colleges must prepare for autumn exams to best protect… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored 5 things that make a brilliant 16-19 employability programme We’re keen to work with like minded organisations to help learners boost their skills, confidence and go the distance… NCFE 5y NCFE 5y News Exclusive Apprentice quality assurance charges to end from October Controversial £40 charges for the external quality assurance of apprenticeship endpoint-assessment will start being phased out as soon as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Strip colleges of autonomy to choose course offer, says report Colleges should be forced to surrender their powers to decide what courses they run to new, local FE directors,… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Ofsted wins battle to inspect ALL apprenticeships Ofsted will soon be handed powers to inspect all universities that offer apprenticeships – including the likes of Cambridge,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News 76 winners scoop silver Pearson Teaching Awards for 2020 Inspirational teachers from across the country have been honoured today for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE seizes control of handling school and college covid cases after PHE local teams ‘overwhelmed’ The government has set up a national helpline for colleges to report positive coronavirus cases following some schools being… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Williamson’s education committee exams hearing: 4 things we learned The education secretary faced questions about this year’s exams fiasco and the reopening of schools and colleges when he… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News UCU threatens to ‘name and shame’ unsafe colleges A union has threatened to “name and shame” colleges that are “not doing enough” to keep staff and students… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted chief now ‘open to exploring’ direct inspection of all FE subcontractors For the first time Ofsted is exploring a move to directly inspect all FE subcontractors, something until now it… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News NAO reveal £726m in college bailouts and loans with ‘nearly half’ in intervention Nearly three-quarters of a billion pounds in public funds has been spent on bailing out and restructuring colleges, while… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News REVEALED: £26.6m cost of Hadlow Group transfer and how five colleges were bailed out to avoid insolvency The eye-watering £26.6 million cost of the first two education insolvencies, and how five colleges were bailed out by… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 818 Older Must read 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo