News Students to sit English and maths exams at home during Covid-19 lockdown Thousands of students will be able to sit their functional skills exams from home from next week, the first… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Funding agency ‘pause’ planned audits during Covid-19 lockdown All planned routine funding audits of FE providers have been put on hold, the government confirmed today. The Education… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Supplier relief: Liverpool reveals Covid-19 provider support Training providers in Liverpool will continue to receive adult education payments to “provide stability and help to protect the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Applications to apprenticeship provider register to be suspended The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today announced they will stop accepting applications to the controversial register of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Colleges set to furlough staff through Covid-19 job retention scheme Colleges across England are identifying staff that could be eligible for an 80 per cent wage subsidy from the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Delayed Ney report into financial oversight of colleges still with ministers The Department for Education said this week the independent report into their own oversight of college finances will be… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Supplier relief: London deputy mayor reveals Covid-19 provider support Training providers in London are to receive “advance payments” to “support provision and recognise the disruption caused by the… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News DfE won’t force colleges to stay open during Easter to support the vulnerable The government “cannot require” colleges to remain open over the Easter holidays amid the Covid-19 outbreak, the Association of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Supplier relief: Deal to pay private training providers with no course delivery for next three months Training providers in the West Midlands will continue to be funded for the next three months irrespective of their… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AoC: ‘It might help’ if colleges given access to DfE free meal vouchers “It might help” colleges if they were allowed to access the government’s new free school meal vouchers scheme, their… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: DfE suspends £9m College Collaboration Fund The Department for Education has suspended its new College Collaboration Fund to “help colleges focus on their staff and… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted extends post-inspection and complaints consultation An Ofsted consultation that includes plans to withhold inspection reports until complaints are resolved has been extended by four… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 830 Older Must read 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 6d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 6d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
