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 News Illegal apprenticeship wages on the rise Almost a fifth of level 2 and 3 apprentices are being paid below the national minimum wage – as… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Outstanding’ start to the new year for specialist college A specialist college retained its ‘outstanding’ grade while seven providers received grade twos in a good week for FE…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Notts ‘college’ funding terminated A multi-site “college” is to have its funding contracts terminated, after serious safeguarding failures were exposed in a damning… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive London mayor seeks to reassure private providers over extra £77 for English and math quals The mayor of London has attempted to reassure private providers they won’t miss out on extra English and maths… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 23h Shane Chowen 23h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
