News Exclusive Colleges and ITPs miss out again on Covid relief funds A cash-strapped college is among more than a quarter of training providers to have had a bid for help… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Call for colleges to host employer hubs to help fill healthcare vacancies New employer hubs to “turbocharge greater college collaboration” with the NHS have been proposed to fill “significant workforce vacancies”… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive T Levels launch but classes not full Colleges and schools have missed two-thirds of their T Level enrolment targets, with digital proving to be the toughest… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Law to be changed to help those made redundant finish their apprenticeship The government is changing the law to allow more redundant apprentices to complete their course. A Statutory Instrument (SI)… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Team UK for EuroSkills Graz unveiled The elite team of skilled young people who will represent the UK at EuroSkills in Austria next year has… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE change of heart: catch-up funding can be for students with GCSE English and maths The government has given in to pressure to widen the number of students eligible for 16 to 19 catch-up… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minister says the quality of an FE course should be judged by job outcomes The FE sector should judge the quality of their training programmes on the jobs that learners end up in,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Apprenticeship providers call on government to find three months of ‘catch-up’ cash The volume of apprentices who require more training due to Covid-19 interruptions is starting to “spiral steeply”, providers have… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Colleges need cash to employ ‘business innovation account managers’, says AoC A lack of funding is holding colleges back from hiring “specific business innovation account managers” to help initiate an… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ‘Nothing to fear’ if colleges brought into public ownership, says AoC chief in tense exchange with MPs Colleges have “nothing to fear” about being brought into public ownership, the head of their membership organisation told MPs… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofqual calls time on estimated grades for BTECs and other vocational qualifications Ofqual has ruled out the use of calculated grades to award vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) again. Following this… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College leaders called on to help prevent unnecessary surge in coronavirus testing Principals have been urged to stop students and staff with a sore throat or headache from getting unnecessary coronavirus… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 851 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
