News International students: Why college income is in freefall With the income colleges make from international students plummeting, FE Week spoke with college and sector leaders to understand… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted parks new provider monitoring visits New provider monitoring visits have been delayed indefinitely by Ofsted. The inspectorate previously said it would restart the visits… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive AoC warns there is still ‘not enough detail’ for colleges to plan new level 3 adult offer The head of the Association of Colleges is “worried” there will be a slow start to the new flagship… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Covid-19 Covid-related death of college lecturer investigated The death of a college lecturer who died after contracting Covid-19 is being investigated by the government’s agency that… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Former FE lecturer turned MP appointed new Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network chair A Conservative MP who worked as a further education lecturer for 20 years has been appointed chair of the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News All apprenticeship providers told to reapply to RoATP yet again All providers on the government’s register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP) will need to reapply yet again over the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News NAW 2021 | FE White paper & the next phase of apprenticeship reform (recording) Yesterday afternoon a group of sector leaders and policymakers took part in an FE Week roundtable to mark National… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News Shadow education secretary celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with ‘top class’ virtual tour Shadow education secretary Kate Green has made her first visit, virtually, to an independent training provider to celebrate National… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Skills reform Williamson ‘strongly encourages’ colleges to embrace lifetime skills guarantee level 3 offer The education secretary has urged colleges to embrace the new level 3 offer under the lifetime skills guarantee as… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2021 winners announced Eleven colleges that showcase “the best and most innovative practice” in the sector have been honoured at the Association… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA finally launches £73m adult education budget tender The long-awaited national adult education budget tender has been launched by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Bids for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Pace of external quality assurance transferring to Ofqual slows to a crawl Providers will be stuck paying for external quality assurance (EQA) for even longer than planned, as the process of… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
