News DfE seeks views on ‘undervalued’ level 2 and below quals market The Department for Education has launched a call for evidence to find out what is “working well” with qualifications… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted reveals key findings from FE visits during pandemic Ofsted has today published a summary of what they found during their first “interim visits” of colleges and training… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Birmingham provider drops adult education budget high court fight The first ever court battle to challenge a failed adult education budget application has been dropped. East Birmingham Community… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Large redundancies planned at college which took over Hadlow Group campuses Almost 100 jobs are at risk at one of the colleges which took over part of the first college… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Sponsored The show must go on: online resources to support delivery during lockdown 2.0 With Boris Johnson announcing a second national lockdown on Saturday, we continue to face much uncertainty and disruption to… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News Study staff, pastoral care, peer mentoring: spending the tuition fund FE Week explores how the government’s £96 million tuition fund is being put to use by colleges and whether… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News College running on emergency cash to sell campus A college in dire financial straits is looking to sell off one of its campuses to balance the books,… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Free digital skills quals held up by Covid and Ofqual delays Coronavirus and “unnecessary delays” by the exams regulator have been blamed for disrupting the roll out of free, government-developed,… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Revealed: The number of bids in ESFA’s traineeships tender The government’s much-anticipated traineeships tender received 370 bids – a fraction of the number that had been anticipated by… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College paid £3.5m dividend following Saudi venture exit A college exploring merger options has used a multi-million-pound exit dividend from an international venture to make a staff… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Lockdown letdown: Union slams decision not to close colleges A teaching union has accused the government of putting staff and student safety “at risk” by keeping colleges open… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprenticeship assessment flexibilities extended Special measures that have enabled 25,000 apprentices to complete their end-point assessment during the Covid-19 pandemic will be retained… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 830 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
