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 News Exclusive Extraordinary efforts of staff still caring for vulnerable learners FE Week has spoken to a number of specialist colleges to uncover the impact the Covid-19 crisis is having… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE ploughs on with plans for T-level launch despite coronavirus concerns The government is driving forward with plans to launch the first three T-levels from September 2020 despite the disruption… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Funding clawback warning to colleges for deliberate under delivery Colleges that deliberatley under deliver their adult education budget allocations this year will have their funding clawed back, the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: Schools and colleges will rank GCSE and A-level pupils within grades Schools and colleges will rank their GCSE and A-level pupils within each grade under a new system of assessment… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Chief regulator offers ‘reassurance’ over this summer’s GCSE and A-level grades Ofqual’s chief regulator Sally Collier has “reassured” GCSE and A-level students that the grades they get this summer will… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 821 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