Feature, News Forces for good: ex-military impress as trainee lecturers Successive governments are not giving up on the idea of getting former military personnel into classrooms, but could FE… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y News Hadlow College sells Betteshanger Park for undisclosed sum The first college to enter education administration has taken an “important step forward” after it sold its country and… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted finds ‘many’ employers did not know staff were apprentices “Many” employers working with a new independent provider for the care sector did not know their staff were on… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive UTCs back in the market – but there’s a catch The first applications in five years have been lodged for new university technical colleges, FE Week can reveal –… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: Long-running commercial provider hit with grade 4 in poor week for FE It has been a poor week for FE, with one independent provider being declared ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted and seven… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News National Apprenticeship Award winners of 2019 The “outstanding” work of apprentices, government officials and employers was recognised at the National Apprenticeship Awards for 2019 on… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Police and schools top list of those missing apprenticeship targets The police and schools are the public-sector bodies with most to do to meet the government’s apprenticeship recruitment target,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted praise college therapy dogs as popularity on the rise A dog that helps students struggling with mental-health issues has won praise from Ofsted inspectors. Bexhill College in East… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive ‘Inadequate’ provider hands £2m adult education budget contract back A training provider has handed back an adult education budget (AEB) contract of almost £2 million after Ofsted criticised… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Williamson taken to task on Conservative manifesto While the Conservatives’ manifesto published on Sunday had some eye-catching FE pledges, including a new £3 billion national skills… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News CBI: Don’t restrict how the apprenticeship levy is spent The Confederation of British Industry has urged the government not to restrict how the apprenticeship levy is spent in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Serious safeguarding failures at ‘college’ Serious safeguarding failures at a multi-site “college” are to be exposed in an imminent Ofsted report, FE Week can… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 848 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
