News AoC calls for £3.6bn post-pandemic skills package The government should set aside an extra £3.6 billion to upskill the “764,000 people most at risk” post-Covid-19, according… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New free digital skills qualifications given ESFA green light but Ofqual proving a barrier The government has confirmed that free digital skills qualifications for adults will finally be launched from August 1 –… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Another 18 schools and colleges named as ‘edtech demonstrators’ The government has announced another 18 schools and colleges handed up to £150,000 each to become “edtech demonstrators”. They… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted to publish paused inspection reports from next week Ofsted will begin publishing the inspection reports that were held back because of the coronavirus pandemic from next week…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus covered: Coupland in conversation with FE Week FE Week was joined by Jennifer Coupland, chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), during… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Frustration builds as Ofsted refuses to inspect paused providers The indefinite pausing of Ofsted inspections could force an apprenticeship provider to make redundancies, its managing director has told… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE scraps provider quality criteria in final phase of T-level roll out The requirement for colleges and other training providers to be rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted to deliver T-levels… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News T-levels: The providers selected to run courses in 2022 The names of a further 88 colleges, training providers and schools chosen to deliver T-levels in the third wave… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News T-level wobble as another four providers cancel September launch plans Four providers due to teach the first T-levels in just three months’ time have announced they will delay delivery… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Multi-million pound cut to College Collaboration Fund as DfE reopens applications The Department for Education has slashed the College Collaboration Fund (CCF) by more than a third as it reopens… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News ESFA ‘considering’ extensions to coronavirus supplier relief schemes The Education and Skills Funding Agency is “considering” reopening its Covid-19 supplier relief after the Cabinet Office announced the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Worth the wait: ‘Outstanding’ grade for Riverside College A college in Cheshire that recruits most of its students from areas of “high social and economic deprivation” is… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
