News NUS to lead shadow curriculum and assessment review A youth-led review has been launched to mirror the one being led by Professor Becky Francis FE Week Reporter 8mo FE Week Reporter 8mo Apprenticeships, Skills reform Priority employers consulted on growth and skills levy New skills quango seeks views on what non-apprenticeship training should be funded Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo News OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’ Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Lucas Cumiskey 8mo Ofqual Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo Ofsted Q&A: One-word answers and other insights from Martyn Oliver The government uses one-word judgments to decide when to intervene Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo Pay AoC asks members: Is an FE pay review body worth it? College leaders flirt with the idea of FE getting their own pay review body Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Ofsted Catholic sixth form college awarded third ‘outstanding’ in a row Yorkshire principal ‘immensely proud’ Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Ofsted London university receives top Ofsted marks for degree apprenticeships Inspectors rated Queen Mary University ‘outstanding’ across the board Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Colleges Stop depleting your cash reserves, Legrave tells colleges FE Commissioner also calls on leaders to better understand severance payment rules Billy Camden 8mo Billy Camden 8mo Colleges, Politics Exclusive College teacher pay snub goes legal SFCA launches judicial review against DfE Billy Camden 8mo Billy Camden 8mo Skills bootcamps Bootcamp ‘outcomes’ remained elusive in 2022-23, new figures show The government may ‘evolve’ how the courses are funded next year Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo Pensions First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 proposed DfE also proposes to amend legislation to apply fair deal pensions guarantee to college teachers Freddie Whittaker 8mo Freddie Whittaker 8mo Newer 1 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 816 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
