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T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay

The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Training providers demand income guarantee and relaxation of funding rules

Ministers have been urged to guarantee training providers’ income and for the Department for Education to relax funding rules…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Training providers should also close their doors from Friday, minister tells AELP

Independent training providers should close their doors from Friday afternoon until further notice like schools and colleges, the apprenticeships…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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FE Commissioner reveals how £80m rebuild and ‘significant failures’ put college’s future at risk

Poor forecasting and management of an £80 million investment in a new building put a college in “crisis mode”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Coronavirus: Colleges ‘expected’ to close from Friday

All colleges in England are “expected” to close from Friday as the government steps up its attempts to contain…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Schools to stay open for ‘key workers’ and vulnerable children only

All schools in England are to be closed to most students from Friday in response to the coronavirus outbreak….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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First college in England announces phased closure

The first college in England to close campuses and move to online learning in response to the Coronavirus outbreak…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Coronavirus: AoC boss calls for emergency funding to keep colleges afloat

College leaders are demanding emergency financial support be made available to keep them afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic. Association…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Ofsted brand 1,000 civil service apprenticeship programme with KPMG as ‘inadequate’

One of the ‘big four’ accounting firms that trains nearly 1,000 civil service apprentices has been slammed as ‘inadequate’…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Coronavirus: Pregnant staff advised to speak to college leadership

The Department for Education said tonight that college staff who are pregnant should be talking with their line manager…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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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
John Dickens
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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
Fraser Whieldon

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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
Josh Mellor
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
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

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
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Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel