News Free meals funding rises by 5p The increase will be back-dated to September 2024 FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Ofsted Colleges with top Ofsted grades tumbles Private providers have meanwhile seen a big uptick in results Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Colleges, T Levels Students ‘blamed’ for not finding T Level industry placements, research finds Many learners also felt ‘misled’ and reported ‘highly variable’ experiences of the new course Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Higher education OfS closes HE register and puts new degree powers on ice Regulator shuts register and closes applications for degree awarding powers until August 2025 to focus on financial struggles of… Shane Chowen 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo T Levels DfE eases T Level work placement rules to boost take up Ministers announce measures to extend hybrid working and ‘cut red tape’ for employers and colleges Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Strikes Sixth form college teachers add 4 more days of strike action NEU says members ‘will not back down’ from pay dispute with government Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Day in the life, Long read Profile A day in the life of an ESOL teacher The role is about so much more than teaching the language Jessica Hill 7mo Jessica Hill 7mo Teaching awards Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners Sixteen winners from early years, schools and colleges recognised FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Ofsted Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during ‘a period of significant challenges’ Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Apprenticeships Off-the-job ‘confusion’ sparks apprentice mental health warning Apprentices struggling with anxiety and stress from job and college demands, survey finds Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Strikes Restructure triggers fresh UCU staff strikes UCU claims strike action ‘undermines’ efforts to solve internal dispute Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Multiply Exclusive Multiply subtracted: Sunak’s flagship maths scheme to end DfE confirms public subsidy for the programme will cease next year Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Newer 1 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
