News DfE launches tender for 8 new Institutes of Technology A competition to create the next wave of Institutes of Technology has been launched by the education secretary Gavin… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored IPS Ltd supporting Further Education technologies move into the 21st Century Established for over 11 years, IPS Ltd has provided tailored integrated solutions for a range of industry sectors including… IPS Software 5y IPS Software 5y News Exclusive Former Ofqual director planning new FE membership body A former technical qualifications director at the exams watchdog has signalled intention to establish another end-point assessment organisation (EPAO)… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Traineeships tender finally launched but with short deadline Training providers have been given less than three weeks to bid in the government’s much-anticipated tender for 19 to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Young people hit hardest in full-year apprenticeship figures Apprenticeship starts for the whole of 2019/20 fell 18 per cent on the previous academic year, new figures show…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored F1 in Schools zoom to success with innovative 2020 UK National Finals event For the first time in the 20-year history of F1 in Schools National Finals events, teams vying to become… F1 in Schools 5y F1 in Schools 5y News DfE broke student data protection laws, damning ICO audit reveals The Department for Education broke data protection laws in the way it handles student data, the information watchdog has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News EuroSkills 2020 postponed ‘indefinitely’ due to Covid-19 The EuroSkills 2020 competition, in which the UK was due to compete in January, has been postponed indefinitely due… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News One government department failed to recruit a single apprentice in 2019-20 Not a single apprentice started work at the Department for International Development in 2019-20. That’s according to the latest… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News ESFA to launch £80m adult education budget tender The Department for Education is gearing up to launch a new £80 million tender for the national adult education… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Five things we learned from the IfATE’s 2019-20 accounts The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today published its annual accounts for 2019-20, revealing a substantial pay… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Young people Two big exam board winners in third wave of T Levels The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the six T Levels being rolled out from 2022 are… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 851 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
