News T-levels dropped by education secretary’s former sixth form ahead of 2020 launch The education secretary’s former sixth form college has pulled out of offering two T-level pathways ahead of their launch… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Sector reacts to education secretary’s promise to ‘supercharge’ FE The education secretary Gavin Williamson put FE centre stage during an impassioned speech at the Conservative Party Conference today…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson pledges to ‘supercharge’ FE and overtake Germany within a decade The education secretary has promised to deliver a “revolution in technical education”, and announced a target of overtaking Germany… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE to tender for 8 new Institutes of Technology A further eight Institutes of Technology are to be created by the government through a new £120 million tender,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News First college to win Careers and Enterprise Company award Westminster Kingsway College has become the first ever college to win a gong at the Careers and Enterprise Company’s… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report A popular Italian restaurant chain has been served a complimentary report by Ofsted during a week of mostly positive… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Hull College Group ‘independent’ investigation into leadership led by college’s own lawyer The independent investigation into Hull College Group is being led by a lawyer who has a long history with… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Colleges blame poor publicity and bad design for low traineeships take-up Less than a third of colleges are currently offering traineeships to 16 to 18-year-olds, FE Week analysis of new… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Advanced learner loan cap is deterring students, college warns A government-imposed cap on advanced learner loan (ALL) provision is having a “devastating impact”, a college in Oxford has… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Sector bodies align with call for DfE to switch funding for 16-18s Three leading associations from across the university, private provider and college sectors have united to call on the government… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive DfE ‘carefully monitoring’ college investigation into allegations of nepotism and ‘financial wrongdoing’ The government is “carefully monitoring” an independent investigation into allegations regarding the management of Hull College Group. FE Week… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News Prioritise investment in level 2 qualifications, new report urges Government ought to invest in upskilling people on to level 2 qualifications or apprenticeships as a priority, a new… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 830 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
