News Exclusive 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News 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 6y John Dickens 6y News 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 854 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