News Ofsted to inspect all grade one providers as 30 go without visit for decade or more All FE and skills providers rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted will no longer be exempt from routine inspections, the Department… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Additional European Social Fund tender launched by ESFA The government has launched an additional European Social Fund tender, after finding there were a number of contracts in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FE base rate to increase from August 2020 for first time since 2013 to £4,188 Colleges will see a 4.7 per cent increase in the unweighted base rate for full time students aged 16… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Association of Colleges gives cautious welcome to chancellor’s FE funding boost “Meaningful” but not enough to stabilise FE for the future: that is the Association of Colleges’ response to chancellor… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Colleges receive £400m boost from chancellor Sajid Javid Colleges are to receive a £400m boost from the chancellor, it has been announced. Sajid Javid today revealed the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Meet the Government’s college finance Tsar who – like the NAO – will review DfE monitoring The Government today announced Dame Mary Ney will lead a review into the way the Department for Education monitors… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Reasonable’ week for many new providers Ofsted has reported a number of new apprenticeship providers have made ‘reasonable progress’ in early monitoring visits, according to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Picture highlights from closing medal ceremony See the victories of Team UK’s medal winners in this series of spectacular photos from the WorldSkills 2019 medal… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: UK wins 15 medallions of excellence Team UK has taken home 15 medallions of excellence from WorldSkills 2019. The medallions are earned by competitors who… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK bringing home haul of medals Team UK will be loading down its aircraft home with a haul of gold, silver and bronze medals. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK flying high after gold in aircraft maintenance Team UK has scored a gold medal in aircraft maintenance, thanks to the efforts of competitor Haydn Jakes. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Rebecca West picks up gold medal for beauty therapy Team UK has achieved a gold medal in beauty therapy for competitor Rebecca West. The achievement means Britain retains… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 815 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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