News ESFA launches Covid-19 supplier relief for European Social Fund providers The government has today launched a Covid-19 supplier relief scheme for training providers with European Social Fund (ESF) contracts…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges will need to create student ‘bubbles’ to reduce Covid risk but ‘real challenge’, says AoC The Association of Colleges has warned that reducing interaction and mixing in colleges is “going to be a real… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Unfair: Sutton Trust finds young disadvantaged ‘losing out’ on degree apprenticeships Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are “losing out” on degree level apprenticeships as they soar in popularity without “fair… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted triggers government intervention at specialist college A new college for students with special educational needs and disabilities has been suspended from recruiting learners after receiving… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Free recording: In conversation with skills minister Gillian Keegan FE Week was joined by apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan this afternoon for our latest webinar on the response to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Take the ‘opportunity’ to reopen from June, says skills minister Colleges that refuse to begin face-to-face teaching with students before the next academic year will “lose an opportunity to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA reveals new further education director Kirsty Evans has been appointed as the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new acting director of further education. She… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Coronavirus delays troubled college’s merger until autumn A cash-strapped college’s merger plans have been delayed owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News 12-day window to submit GCSE English and math grades, new Ofqual guidance reveals Exams regulator Ofqual has released a few more details about its grading plans this summer, ahead of the publication… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Apprentices ALSO expected to receive face-to-face training from June Apprentices aged 16 to 19 will also be expected to restart face-to-face contact with their training provider from June…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Highlights from the ‘regional skills concordat’ college showcase Twelve months ago a “regional skills concordat” was set up so that 11 colleges would work with industry to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Ofsted raps first school over Baker Clause A school has been rapped by Ofsted for flouting the Baker Clause, as the inspectorate begins to police the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 813 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
