News T-level wobble as another four providers cancel September launch plans Four providers due to teach the first T-levels in just three months’ time have announced they will delay delivery… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Multi-million pound cut to College Collaboration Fund as DfE reopens applications The Department for Education has slashed the College Collaboration Fund (CCF) by more than a third as it reopens… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News ESFA ‘considering’ extensions to coronavirus supplier relief schemes The Education and Skills Funding Agency is “considering” reopening its Covid-19 supplier relief after the Cabinet Office announced the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Worth the wait: ‘Outstanding’ grade for Riverside College A college in Cheshire that recruits most of its students from areas of “high social and economic deprivation” is… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AELP calls for one-off £8.6bn post-pandemic skills package The government should set aside an extra £8.6 billion for a one-off skills package to “reboot” the economy post-Covid-19,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Senior MPs question £3m spent on UTC membership body An influential cross-party group of MPs have raised concerns over the value for money offered by the membership body… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Switching off frameworks before standard ready is ‘right decision’, says IfATE boss The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education fully backed the ministerial decision to stick with the switch-off date for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive First college to delay reopening after coronavirus R rate rise A college in Tameside is delaying its wider reopening after being “strongly advised” to do so by its local… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News ETF discounts cost and reduces eligibility criteria for Advanced Teacher Status qualification The Education and Training Foundation is handing out 100 discounts worth £500 each to boost the number of FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE seeks 16 senior policy advisers ahead of FE ‘revolution’ The Department for Education is drafting in a group of new policy experts as it gears up for “revolutionary”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘A very different September’ debated by roundtable of experts The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption across education, including cancelled exams and campus closures to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Sally Dicketts announced as AoC president-elect The chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups has been announced as the next president of the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 830 Older Must read 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 6d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 6d Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo