News Exclusive Ofqual to announce teachers will ‘calculate’ BTEC and other qual results but delay detail Teachers will calculate student grades for the majority of cancelled BTEC and other vocational qualification exams, but a full… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News MBA set to be removed from level 7 senior leader apprenticeship Plans to remove the controversial MBA component attached to the level 7 senior leader apprenticeship standard have been revealed…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC urges colleges to pay exam fees in joint statement with FAB Colleges have been urged by their membership organisation to pay exam fees to awarding bodies this summer following the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Sponsored post Sponsored SPONSORED: Provider receives huge demand for distance learning with over 15,000 applying While there is a considerable amount of uncertainty in the world surrounding Coronavirus, one thing is clear – there… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Director of apprenticeships to leave ESFA The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s director of apprenticeships, Keith Smith, is leaving the role later this month. He… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC calls on Ofsted to delay inspections until 2021 The Association of Colleges has called on Ofsted to suspend all inspections until at least January 2021 owing to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA suspends 24 more providers from recruiting apprentices Twenty four apprenticeship providers have been suspended from taking on new starts after receiving poor Ofsted ratings so far… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College staff don’t need protective equipment, new government guidance states College staff do not require personal protective equipment, new government guidance has stated. The guidance also warns cleaning items… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Rebecca Long-Bailey appointed as Labour’s new shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been appointed as the shadow education secretary following a Labour Party reshuffle by new leader Keir… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Free recording: Latest FE policy response to Covid-19 outbreak On Saturday, FE Week hosted its second webinar looking at the latest legislation and guidance from the government regarding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: How colleges are going above and beyond for their local communities Colleges across the country have volunteered their services to help local communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. FE Week shares… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News HMRC publish furlough and training guidance for apprentices The government has finally confirmed that apprentices can continue with funded training when employers use the job retention scheme,… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 818 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
