News

DfE raps company claiming to be approved apprenticeship provider

The government has written to a new training firm demanding it stops claiming to high-profile employers it can deliver…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

OfS urged to ‘get a move on’ and inspect apprenticeship quality

A former adviser to the minister for higher education has expressed “concern” that dozens of providers delivering level 6…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Computer game and ’80 piece’ orchestra spend investigated at Hull College

The husband of the chief executive at a college surviving on bailout funding used the marketing budget to hire…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FAB award winners 2019 unveiled

A provider of British Sign Language qualifications and an engineering awarding organisation are among the winners of this year’s…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Ofqual chief has three questions for awarding organisations as part of crackdown

Ofqual’s chief regulator has tasked awarding organisations with answering three questions as part of the watchdog’s work on ensuring…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Monthly apprenticeships update: July starts up just 2% on last year

Apprenticeship starts for the month of July 2019 are up just 2 per cent on the previous year and…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford


News

FAB chair to make 5 wishes to education secretary

Federation of Awarding Bodies chair Paul Eeles will make five wishes to education secretary Gavin Williamson at the membership…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Fourth content review of apprenticeship standards launched

Apprenticeships covering agriculture, environment and animal care will be probed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Nottingham College staff call for their CEO and chair to resign

Staff at a college embroiled in a bitter contracts row have delivered a vote of no confidence in their…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofqual wants to ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking exam boards

Ofqual is proposing to change how it punishes awarding organisations who are non-compliant with new “public rebukes” and fixed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Another 14 strike days announced at college involved in contracts row

Nottingham College will be hit with yet more “unprecedented” strikes next month after staff accused their leaders of reneging…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Feature, News

Introducing… Lord Agnew

Jess Staufenberg has closely followed Lord Agnew’s career in the schools sector, where his reputation divides opinion. As he…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

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
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

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
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen