News Conservative Party admits IoT claim was an error The Conservatives have promised to rectify a misleading claim it has made about further education in the build-up to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News OCR becomes second exam board to breach re-mark rules OCR will pay schools and colleges nearly £15,000 in compensation after becoming the second exam board to breach rules… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofqual reduce £50,000 apprenticeship assessment body fine to £8,595 Ofqual is penalising an end-point assessment organisation to the tune of £8,595 after it admitted to a “series of… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News UCU suspends 14 day strike after college offers new deal Extensive strikes due to start at Nottingham College today were called off at the eleventh hour after leaders offered… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted to research subcontracting in FE Ofsted is launching research into FE subcontracting – off the back of government plans for a radical overhaul of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Sixth form college leaders failed to spot ‘terminal’ finances A sixth form college principal and governing body failed to identify its “now terminal” financial position, the Department for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News UCU agrees deal to end long-running dispute at cash-strapped college A deal to end a long-running dispute at Bradford College has been reached after it agreed to a series… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News ESFA announce 16-18 funding uplift for ‘crucial’ subjects The government has today announced a further funding increase for 16 to 18 year-old students as part of the… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Pre-election rules delay Ofsted’s annual report Ofsted will delay publication of its annual report as it seeks to avoid making any statements that relate to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ‘Unfair’ funding rule costs colleges £1.5m Colleges have hit back at the “unfair” English and maths condition of funding rule after FE Week found more… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News REVEALED: 2019 Asian Apprenticeship Awards winners A learner who works at a major UK bank after spending most of her life in Pakistan and a… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Stourbridge College building on verge of sale to 350 year-old £12k a year state boarding school A college which was controversially closed in the summer is set to be sold to a £12,000 a year… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 830 Older Must read Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 4d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4d Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo