News Students to sit English and maths exams at home during Covid-19 lockdown Thousands of students will be able to sit their functional skills exams from home from next week, the first… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Funding agency ‘pause’ planned audits during Covid-19 lockdown All planned routine funding audits of FE providers have been put on hold, the government confirmed today. The Education… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Supplier relief: Liverpool reveals Covid-19 provider support Training providers in Liverpool will continue to receive adult education payments to “provide stability and help to protect the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Applications to apprenticeship provider register to be suspended The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today announced they will stop accepting applications to the controversial register of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Colleges set to furlough staff through Covid-19 job retention scheme Colleges across England are identifying staff that could be eligible for an 80 per cent wage subsidy from the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Delayed Ney report into financial oversight of colleges still with ministers The Department for Education said this week the independent report into their own oversight of college finances will be… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Supplier relief: London deputy mayor reveals Covid-19 provider support Training providers in London are to receive “advance payments” to “support provision and recognise the disruption caused by the… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News DfE won’t force colleges to stay open during Easter to support the vulnerable The government “cannot require” colleges to remain open over the Easter holidays amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the Association of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Supplier relief: Deal to pay private training providers with no course delivery for next three months Training providers in the West Midlands will continue to be funded for the next three months irrespective of their… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC: ‘It might help’ if colleges given access to DfE free meal vouchers “It might help” colleges if they were allowed to access the government’s new free school meal vouchers scheme, their… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: DfE suspends £9m College Collaboration Fund The Department for Education has suspended its new College Collaboration Fund to “help colleges focus on their staff and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted extends post-inspection and complaints consultation An Ofsted consultation that includes plans to withhold inspection reports until complaints are resolved has been extended by four… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 813 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