News Ofsted watch: College struggling ahead of demerger, as ITPs see ups and downs A college is struggling to get up to snuff ahead of a demerger, as independent providers see ups and… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2020 deadline extended The deadline for the 2020 FE Week and AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards has been extended due to demand. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Funding ban for new level 3 and below qualifications The Education and Skills Funding Agency will stop any new qualification at level 3 and below receiving approval for… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News New shorter Ofsted reports are ‘good’ for colleges Colleges and independent learning providers are prospering under the new Ofsted inspection framework, with most scoring “good” grades in… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Industry placement cold-spots? Exploring the toughest T-level challenge Forty-five colleges and school sixth forms across England will need to find hundreds of 45-day industry placements as part… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ann Limb tops list of influential LGBT+ public sector workers A former college principal has topped a list of the most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender role models… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ‘Secret’ construction firm keeping Chartered Institution for FE afloat An unidentified construction firm is propping up the troubled Chartered Institution for Further Education (CIFE), as it pivots from… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive 3aaa investigation stutters on as police confirm no contact has been made with top bosses The co-founders of a disgraced apprenticeship provider currently under police investigation are yet to be interviewed by officers, more… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Rate discrimination? Dawe questions potential sex bias A sector leader has called for an investigation into whether sex discrimination lies behind some of the controversial apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News UTC deficits more than double over 4 years, National Audit Office finds University technical colleges’ deficits have more than doubled over four years, a damning National Audit Office report has revealed…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Apprenticeship budget overspend: small employers to face cap on starts Small employers are likely to be capped on the number of apprentices they can employ, as part of the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Adult education, Devolution One in five providers concerned about procurement process for devolved AEB A fifth of providers believe adult education budget tenders run by devolved authorities need to be improved, with one… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 830 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
