News Coronavirus: ‘Furious’ AELP boss says government wants skills sector to collapse The government’s goal seems to be for the skills sector to “collapse”, a “furious” Mark Dawe has told FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College funding support confirmed, and 4 other key points from latest DfE Covid-19 guidance The government confirmed it will honour all payments to grant funded providers for the remainder of the 2019/20 funding… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Coronavirus: 9 key points from the government’s apprenticeships guidance The government has this evening released a package of measures that it hopes will help apprenticeship training providers amid… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE minister writes to apprenticeship providers about COVID-19 response Apprenticeships and skills minister Gillian Keegan has today written to independent providers and other non-college stakeholders in an effort… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers The universities regulator has said it will use “any powers available” to prevent institutions from switching students’ offers to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports Ofsted has paused the publication of inspection reports during the coronavirus crisis and promised that it will have “do… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive DfE suspends process for defunding qualifications with low enrolments The Department for Education has suspended the process for defunding thousands of legacy qualifications at level three and below… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE reveals how it will provide grades for A-level and GCSE students this summer The government has confirmed it will use teacher assessments to provide calculated grades for students this year. The aim… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Free recording: FE’s response & requirements to Coronavirus pandemic On Saturday FE Week hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the latest legislation and guidance from the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive £1m rap collaboration sends apprenticeship site visits soaring The government has celebrated nearly tripling the interest in apprenticeships after spending more than £1 million on the release… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Ofsted watch: UTC climbs out of ‘inadequate’ A university technical college has pulled itself out of ‘inadequate’, while two other FE providers, including an accountancy giant,… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News UTC turns the tables and comes to the aid of a MAT A north-west England university technical college has become the latest of its type to move towards joining a multi-academy… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 821 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
