News Exclusive Skills advisory panels set to influence which FE courses receive funding Skills advisory panels (SAPs) could be given a role in influencing which courses will be prioritised and funded in… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive ‘I’ve never experienced anything like this’: Shrewsbury College in grade 4 battle A college is battling Ofsted to prevent the publication of a grade four report after inspectors claimed to have… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Investigation: Highest principals’ pay plummets The top ten highest college salaries have dropped by an average of more than £50,000 after six of the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive FE is a ‘ticking time bomb’, says college chief Further education is a “ticking time bomb” and more colleges will have to close campuses unless government gets serious… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Cornwall campus closure – MP demands government probe The local Conservative MP for Saltash has called for a government investigation into Cornwall College Group after it announced… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Most learners don’t know they’re apprentices at management provider, Ofsted finds A provider of management courses has been declared ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted after it was found learners and their bosses… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Suspended principal to leave earlier than planned A college principal who was suspended following government intervention has brought forward her retirement date. Stella Mbubaegbu announced today… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson pledges to work ‘hand in glove’ with sector to argue for more funding Education secretary Gavin Williamson has pledged to work “hand in glove” with the sector to argue for further investment… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News London college pulls out of T-levels plans 19 months before launch A financially troubled college subject to FE Commissioner intervention has decided to withdraw from delivering T-levels, the Department for… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Five colleges handed DfE warnings over finances Five colleges have been hit with a notice to improve by the government this afternoon, after they were all… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New culture of ‘openness and trust’ paves way for KCC merger An embattled London college has announced it will officially merge next month, after the FE Commissioner found a new… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE to develop ‘alternative arrangements’ in case UK leaves Erasmus+ The Department for Education is to develop its own “alternative arrangements” for international education exchanges in case the UK… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 830 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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
