Feature, News The future of colleges: Can edtech deliver its utopia? Technology has transformed further education. But at what cost, asks JL Dutaut. The history of edtech is after all… JL Dutaut 6y JL Dutaut 6y News AELP fear funding agency considering outright subcontracting ban The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has today recommended a new, more “robust approach” to subcontracting in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour will create 320,000 green apprenticeships, Corbyn to tell CBI conference A Labour government would train 80,000 people a year in a new climate apprenticeship programme, Jeremy Corbyn is expected… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding to remain open for 16 to 18-year-old residents despite Bolton fire This evening the Department for Education (DfE) has said there remains “no immediate safety concerns” at a college halls… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Punishing strikes at Nottingham College officially end A bitter dispute that involved extensive strikes at Nottingham College has officially ended after a deal was reached which… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Healthcare providers criticised in ‘outstanding’ week for colleges Two healthcare providers have been told to get in shape while one college was found to be ‘outstanding’ by… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Why colleges are choosing GCSE resits over alternatives Colleges across the country have been entering more students for GCSE maths and English re-sits than government policy requires…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Small business fury over Hadlow administration “The b***ards” was the reaction of one of many small businesses owed thousands of pounds by the first college… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive College to spend £250k paying off learner loans after subcontracting scandal A college will pay off almost £250,000 in loans debt for 59 victims of a subcontracting scandal. FE Week… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted: Campus grades on the cards for 2020 A move to campus-level Ofsted grades for college groups is back on the cards and they could be introduced… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Teacher warned learners of ‘terror’ attack in latest college hack A Manchester sixth form college has become the sector’s latest cyber-attack victim, after criminals hacked a teacher’s email to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted reveals National College surviving on bailouts has just 24 classroom students A National College due to dissolve in the new year has just 24 classroom students – its first-ever Ofsted… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo