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 1 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
