News Ofsted boss pauses all inspection activity All routine Ofsted inspections will now be put on hold, sister paper FE Week has revealed. The watchdog has halted… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Top civil servant challenged on £50k building cost for every UTC pupil The Department for Education’s top civil servant has been quizzed before an influential Commons committee on £680 million university… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Coronavirus: AoC Sport National Championships 2020 cancelled The upcoming AoC Sport National Championships has been called off due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The annual event… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Exclusive: Coronavirus challenges persuade Ofsted to call off inspection at Oldham college Oldham Sixth Form College is the first education provider to successfully defer an inspection due to the Coronavirus outbreak,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Statement: Festival of Education 2020 cancelled Due to the uncertainty around the coronavirus outbreak, this year’s Festival of Education will be cancelled. A full statement… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Former ESFA boss to chair Student Loans Company Former Education and Skills Funding Agency chief executive Peter Lauener has been appointed as chair of the Student Loans… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted publishes contested Shrewsbury College grade 4 Ofsted this morning published their contested grade four report into Shrewsbury Colleges Group, expressing concerns that “not all students… FE Week Reporter 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News Another UTC to lower 14-19 age range from September Another university technical college is scrapping its 14 to 19 age criteria and will start recruiting 13-year-olds from this… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ESFA warns college over finances after bank covenant breach A college has been moved into FE Commissioner intervention after it breached a bank covenant and had to reclassify… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Radio company that runs Kiss FM among 7 ‘good’ reports A high-profile radio company that runs UK stations such as Kiss FM and Magic was among seven FE providers… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Senior MPs to grill DfE on £792m spent on troubled UTCs The public accounts committee (PAC) will quiz officials from the Department for Education on the financial stability of university… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE launches last-minute T-level placements research The government has embarked on a very last-minute mission to find out if students could fail to secure the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 830 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 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d 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
