News National student photography exhibition captures life of sixth form college learners during lockdown An online photography exhibition to showcase the life of sixth form college students during lockdown has been launched by… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Nearly half all qualifications assigned new estimated grade process, new Ofqual list reveals The results for nearly half of all vocational and technical qualifications planned for certifications this summer will be based… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Adult apprentices CAN return for face-to-face contact from 15 June, says DfE The government has confirmed that colleges and training providers can begin face-to-face contact with adult apprentices from 15 June,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Redundancies planned at massive apprenticeships provider to government A huge training provider that delivers hundreds of apprenticeships for the civil service is planning to make major redundancies…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Free recording: Latest FE policy response and requirements to Covid-19 outbreak The sixth webcast in FE Week’s series – further education sector’s response and requirements to coronavirus pandemic – was… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News What do we need to know? Apprenticeship quango surveys employers The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has launched an online survey to find out what impact coronavirus has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive DfE to tackle ‘fake news’ with its own rapid rebuttal unit The Department for Education is setting up its own “rapid rebuttal unit” to tackle so-called “fake news” in the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AELP drops Covid-19 supplier relief legal challenge The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has decided to not pursue legal action against the Education and Skills… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Speed read: DfE publishes guidance for colleges on June 15 reopening plan The Department for Education has published updated guidance for colleges and other FE providers about the return of more… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted watch: Nearly a clean sweep of positive results for FE providers throughout May Almost nine in ten full Ofsted inspection reports for FE providers returned either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grades in May…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Monthly apprenticeships update: March starts fall 24% while April plummets by 72% Apprenticeship starts for the month of March 2020 are down by a quarter while April plunged by 72 per… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Boris confirms college face-to-face plans can go ahead from 15 June Boris Johnson has given colleges the green light to begin their wider reopening to students from 15 June after… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo