News Coronavirus: AoC Sport National Championships 2020 cancelled The upcoming AoC Sport National Championships has been called off due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The annual event… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Exclusive: Coronavirus challenges persuade Ofsted to call off inspection at Oldham college Oldham Sixth Form College is the first education provider to successfully defer an inspection due to the Coronavirus outbreak,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Statement: Festival of Education 2020 cancelled Due to the uncertainty around the coronavirus outbreak, this year’s Festival of Education will be cancelled. A full statement… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Former ESFA boss to chair Student Loans Company Former Education and Skills Funding Agency chief executive Peter Lauener has been appointed as chair of the Student Loans… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted publishes contested Shrewsbury College grade 4 Ofsted this morning published their contested grade four report into Shrewsbury Colleges Group, expressing concerns that “not all students… FE Week Reporter 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News Another UTC to lower 14-19 age range from September Another university technical college is scrapping its 14 to 19 age criteria and will start recruiting 13-year-olds from this… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ESFA warns college over finances after bank covenant breach A college has been moved into FE Commissioner intervention after it breached a bank covenant and had to reclassify… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Radio company that runs Kiss FM among 7 ‘good’ reports A high-profile radio company that runs UK stations such as Kiss FM and Magic was among seven FE providers… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Senior MPs to grill DfE on £792m spent on troubled UTCs The public accounts committee (PAC) will quiz officials from the Department for Education on the financial stability of university… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE launches last-minute T-level placements research The government has embarked on a very last-minute mission to find out if students could fail to secure the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Struggling Gateshead delays annual accounts as auditors conclude investigation A college has delayed signing off on its 2018/19 accounts as forensic investigators shed light on its unexpected £6… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News DfE stats lay bare drastic SME shift following levy launch The Department for Education has revealed for the first time how the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in 2017… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 854 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
