News Highbury College appoints permanent chair as merger option explored A college that has been led by a troubleshooting interim chair for almost a year has appointed a permanent… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News WorldSkills competitions in China and France postponed by a year The next two WorldSkills competitions, set to take place in Shanghai in China in 2021 and Lyon in France… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Eight more T Level qualifications put out to tender Awarding organisations are being sought to develop T Levels in areas such as media, animal care, and hair and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Fears growing number of 16-19s will stretch budgets this year Fears are growing that the government’s FE funding boost for this year will not be sufficient to cover an… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted ‘visits’ to go online during national lockdown Ofsted has confirmed it will undertake school and FE provider visits “remotely” during the national lockdown. In a Twitter… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Devolve greater skills funding powers for Covid-19 recovery, government urged The government has been urged to devolve more skills funding to mayoral combined authorities to allow them to develop… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News New Careers and Enterprise Company CEO named The founder and headteacher of a “nationally recognised” school in east London is the new chief executive of the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The 68 apprenticeship standards to be overseen by Ofqual from November The 68 apprenticeship standards which will have the quality assurance of end-point assessments transferred from the Institute of Apprenticeships… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Independent Commission on the College of the Future releases final UK-wide report The government should introduce a duty on colleges to deliver an education offer aligned to employer needs, a commission… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Colleges applying for bailouts will NOT be automatically placed in formal intervention, DfE says Colleges which apply for government bailouts will not automatically fall into formal intervention from now on, the Department for… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News What Ofsted found in the first 10 ‘interim visits’ of FE providers Virtual work placements, redesigned curriculums for practical courses and borrowing prosthetic limbs are among the creative adjustments made by… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE lifts all provider T Level restrictions from 2024 The Department for Education has announced today any provider delivering 16 to 19 study programmes will be able to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
