News Free recording: In conversation with skills minister Gillian Keegan FE Week was joined by apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan this afternoon for our latest webinar on the response to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Take the ‘opportunity’ to reopen from June, says skills minister Colleges that refuse to begin face-to-face teaching with students before the next academic year will “lose an opportunity to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA reveals new further education director Kirsty Evans has been appointed as the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new acting director of further education. She… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Coronavirus delays troubled college’s merger until autumn A cash-strapped college’s merger plans have been delayed owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News 12-day window to submit GCSE English and math grades, new Ofqual guidance reveals Exams regulator Ofqual has released a few more details about its grading plans this summer, ahead of the publication… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Apprentices ALSO expected to receive face-to-face training from June Apprentices aged 16 to 19 will also be expected to restart face-to-face contact with their training provider from June…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Highlights from the ‘regional skills concordat’ college showcase Twelve months ago a “regional skills concordat” was set up so that 11 colleges would work with industry to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted raps first school over Baker Clause A school has been rapped by Ofsted for flouting the Baker Clause, as the inspectorate begins to police the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Opening from June: College leaders given flexibilities College leaders have been given significant flexibility over which learners they invite back onsite from as soon as June…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE publishes ‘checklist’ for the wider reopening of colleges The Department for Education has published a “checklist” to assist colleges with their wider reopening from 1 June. Government… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofqual reveals three week ‘window’ for estimating grades Colleges and training providers will have a three week “window” to provide calculated grades for vocational and technical qualifications… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Majority of eligible providers chose not to apply for ESFA Covid-19 supplier relief Only around a quarter of eligible training providers applied for the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Covid-19 supplier relief… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 848 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
