News DfE launches ‘Skills Toolkit’ to signpost to free online courses The Department for Education has launched a web page that signposts people to free courses that can develop their… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Free recording: In conversation with apprenticeships 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 Ofsted’s 1,700 staff ‘considerably under occupied’ admits chief inspector, but available to volunteer A “considerable number” of Ofsted’s 1,700 staff are under occupied despite offering themselves up as Covid-19 response volunteers, the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News All systems go: the virtual open day has arrived FE Week spoke to a handful of colleges that have cancelled their traditional summer open days and already started… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE scraps annual FE learner satisfaction survey The annual FE learner satisfaction survey has been axed for 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The decision was… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: Government list of apprenticeships given green light for online assessment A list of 70 apprenticeship standards where permission has been granted to carry out end-point assessments remotely during the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Can providers furlough staff and receive ESFA supplier relief? Staff that have been furloughed by training providers must return to work if they want to receive supplier relief… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges given access to DfE free meal vouchers The government has extended its national food voucher scheme to colleges that are having “practical difficulties” delivering free meals to students during the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE relaxes functional skills rule for apprentices The government has relaxed the requirement for level 2 apprentices to achieve their functional skills qualification. This morning, Ofqual confirmed… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE reveals provider criteria for accessing supplier relief Training providers must have a qualification achievement rate for 2018/19 of above 40 per cent to be eligible for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: More details on how functional skills qualifications will be assessed Functional skills students can be moderated via “adapted assessment” such as online tests this summer, but only where teacher… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Hundreds of Sheffield College support staff win payrise Support staff at Sheffield College will see a salary increase as high as 18 per cent from May as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 821 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
