Apprenticeships

Entrepreneur agrees to settlement over training provider liquidation

Terms kept confidential but high-profile businessman claims the deal ‘in no way represents an acceptance of any culpability or…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Colleges trial student exam records sharing app that could ‘save millions’

Year 11s in two areas will receive GCSE results in a new app which will automatically share their data…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

Trio of ‘outstanding’ grades for SEND college

Orchard Hill College staff hailed for ‘unconditional commitment to helping students achieve their full potential’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

End of the road for Turing?

As the future of the post-Brexit Turing programme looks uncertain amid DfE cost cuts, we examine its impact on…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
News

A teaching job in FE… is this some sort of prank? 

The DfE hopes to tackle FE’s high-vacancy levels through adverts showing teaching in a positive light

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Capital City College pays out again after disability tribunal

Large college group ordered to pay over £62,000 after disability discrimination

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Devolution

DfE sorry for councils’ adult skills powers confusion  

Training will be commissioned by local councils instead of ITPs on the national contract

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Training Providers

Reports into nearly 200 college and ITP financial probes remain hidden

Yet most financial investigations are into FE providers

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Adult learner numbers have bombed to post-war levels, says L&W

A huge drop in funding began under the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

College silent about exit of principal before Ofsted visit

Staff ‘left in the dark’ by ‘ongoing absence’ of Burnley boss

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Reckless FE leaders must be dealt with in public, says MP

The MP for the first college to go insolvent spoke about ‘lessons learned’ from the process in Parliament

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill