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 News Opening from June: College leaders given flexibilities College leaders have been given significant flexibility over which learners they invite back onsite from as soon as June…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE publishes ‘checklist’ for the wider reopening of colleges The Department for Education has published a “checklist” to assist colleges with their wider reopening from 1 June. Government… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofqual reveals three week ‘window’ for estimating grades Colleges and training providers will have a three week “window” to provide calculated grades for vocational and technical qualifications… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 818 Older Must read 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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