News Cornwall campus closure – MP demands government probe The local Conservative MP for Saltash has called for a government investigation into Cornwall College Group after it announced… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Most learners don’t know they’re apprentices at management provider, Ofsted finds A provider of management courses has been declared ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted after it was found learners and their bosses… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Suspended principal to leave earlier than planned A college principal who was suspended following government intervention has brought forward her retirement date. Stella Mbubaegbu announced today… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson pledges to work ‘hand in glove’ with sector to argue for more funding Education secretary Gavin Williamson has pledged to work “hand in glove” with the sector to argue for further investment… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News London college pulls out of T-levels plans 19 months before launch A financially troubled college subject to FE Commissioner intervention has decided to withdraw from delivering T-levels, the Department for… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Five colleges handed DfE warnings over finances Five colleges have been hit with a notice to improve by the government this afternoon, after they were all… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New culture of ‘openness and trust’ paves way for KCC merger An embattled London college has announced it will officially merge next month, after the FE Commissioner found a new… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE to develop ‘alternative arrangements’ in case UK leaves Erasmus+ The Department for Education is to develop its own “alternative arrangements” for international education exchanges in case the UK… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Saltash to lose campus as Cornwall College desperate to save millions A large college group in the south west is to sell-off a 35-year-old campus in order to balance the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Young carers’ bursaries plummet, as union blames complexity in claiming Take-up of bursaries that support young parents while they study has tumbled by over three-fifths in five years –… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Former Tory policy chief to advise Gavin Williamson at DfE Former Conservative Party researcher and policy chief Innes Taylor has been appointed as a special adviser at the Department… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Debt to be written off for 300 loans learners Loans for nearly 300 learners worth more than half a million pounds will be written off by the Student… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
