News Could two sixth forms be coming to the rescue for a struggling college? A three-way merger is on the cards to help secure the long-term future of a college that has been… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News, Opinion Sponsored Sponsored: Qualifications face the biggest shake up in a generation – time to have your say Talk to anyone in the awarding industry and they will tell you that the only constant is change. The… FE Week Reporter 6y Paul Eeles 6y News Cash-strapped college appoints accountant as interim principal A financially troubled college being looked into by the FE Commissioner has appointed an experienced FE leader and chartered… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted Watch: Rapidly-expanding provider lauded A rapidly-expanding adult learning provider has been lauded by Ofsted, while one apprenticeship newcomer was censored for making ‘insufficient… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Second college denied access to higher education register Newham College of Further Education has become the second college to be refused admission to the Office for Students’… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive First provider spills the beans on ‘very different’ Ofsted regime The first FE provider to be inspected under the new Ofsted framework has given it the thumbs-up, but warned:… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Flagship national college plans to ‘dissolve’ despite DfE bailouts One of the five government flagship national colleges plans to “dissolve” and hand over its courses to a college… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Rayner refuses to rule out scrapping Ofsted under proposed National Education Service Labour is “looking at all options” for an overhaul of the school and college accountability system, including replacing Ofsted,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive ESFA ignored whistleblower nearly two years before FE Week exposé A whistleblower reported the £20 million Brooklands College subcontracting scandal to the Education and Skills Funding Agency in 2017… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Principal’s £150k expenses revealed… finally Ministers have ordered the FE Commissioner to investigate a principal’s “deeply concerning” corporate credit card use after her college… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Colleges still £1.1bn short since 2010 despite chancellor’s boost, IFS finds Colleges and sixth forms will need an extra £1.1 billion on top of the government’s recently announced spending boost… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE exceeds 2.3% public sector apprenticeships target – again The Department for Education has surpassed the government’s public sector target for recruiting apprentices for the second year in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 830 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
