News Further glitches in T Level rollout An update to the official list of T Level providers this week reveals several colleges cancelled courses scheduled for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Significant strides’ made towards addressing safety concerns at Shrewsbury college, says FE Commissioner A college has been praised by the FE Commissioner for making “significant strides” towards ensuring its campuses safe, after… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Revealed: Six members appointed to DfE’s skills and productivity board Six “leading skills and labour market economists” have today been appointed to the Department for Education’s new skills and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Former leader of bankrupt college returns to auditing firm Investigations by the government’s insolvency watchdog into the former leadership of two bankrupt colleges are still ongoing – as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE to move army of cost-cutting advisers into FE Ministers are drawing up plans to extend a controversial cost-cutting advice scheme for schools into the FE sector. According… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Mass Covid testing ‘a game changer’ for colleges Rapid mass coronavirus testing has been hailed as a potential “game changer” for keeping campuses open and courses running,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Higher education admissions process set for radical shake-up The government is set to move closer to meeting a manifesto commitment to reform the higher education admissions process…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News The winners of the BAME Apprenticeship Awards 2020 Outstanding black, Asian and minority ethnic apprentices, as well as employers and providers leading in increasing the diversity of… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government careers agency fails to persuade majority of schools to engage with FE and HE Less than half of the schools in the government’s multi-million pound network of careers hubs have met a target… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Could an FE white paper signal government support to host the skills Olympics? The much-anticipated FE white paper could provide impetus and galvanise support for a bid to host the international WorldSkills… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofqual’s independence questioned as regulator ‘buried its head in the sand’ during exams fiasco The education select committee has accused Ofqual of “burying its head in the sand” by ignoring repeated warnings in… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges fear enrolment surge could see 20,000 sixth formers go ‘unfunded’ Around 20,000 “unfunded” 16 to 18-year-old students are studying in colleges this year following a surge in enrolments due… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 830 Older Must read 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 7d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 7d 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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
