News Ofsted watch: Nearly a clean sweep of positive results for FE providers throughout May Almost nine in ten full Ofsted inspection reports for FE providers returned either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grades in May…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Monthly apprenticeships update: March starts fall 24% while April plummets by 72% Apprenticeship starts for the month of March 2020 are down by a quarter while April plunged by 72 per… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Boris confirms college face-to-face plans can go ahead from 15 June Boris Johnson has given colleges the green light to begin their wider reopening to students from 15 June after… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Dawe quits AELP to lead training provider Mark Dawe is stepping down as chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers to head up… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour hits out at government response to AELP’s claim ESFA provider relief is ‘unlawful’ Labour has accused the government of failing to make a “serious attempt” to answer AELP’s claim that the Education… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News PM ‘will look at the idea’ of offering an ‘apprenticeships guarantee’ The prime minister has said he will “look at the idea” of giving young people aged 16 to 25… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA subcontracting consultation response pushed back to June The government’s response to a consultation that outlined plans to overhaul subcontracting rules in further education has been delayed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Free recording: Latest FE policy response and requirements to Covid-19 outbreak The latest webcast in FE Week’s series – further education sector’s response and requirements to the coronavirus pandemic –… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Feature, News Incorporation: The end of an experiment or the end of a myth? Ministers are considering taking colleges back into government control, as revealed last week in these pages. But, Jess Staufenberg… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Exclusive Milton slams lack of ‘joined-up thinking’ that led to college bailouts A former skills minster has described the “nonsense” of her colleagues setting up schools that competed with the struggling… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Boris reveals college face-to-face plans must be delayed until 15 June at earliest The prime minister has unexpectedly announced a two week delay to when colleges can begin their wider reopening of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Union blasts college redundancy plans during coronavirus crisis as “unnecessary and unfair” A large general FE college has announced its seventh round of job cuts in six years. Blackburn College has… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo Qualifications Exclusive 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
