News Minister admits no power to stop Stourbridge College becoming residential flats An education minister has admitted the government has no power to preserve Stourbridge College’s site for educational use, heightening… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: The awarding bodies delivering the second wave of T-levels The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the seven T-levels being rolled out from 2021 are NCFE… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News T-levels dropped by education secretary’s former sixth form ahead of 2020 launch The education secretary’s former sixth form college has pulled out of offering two T-level pathways ahead of their launch… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Sector reacts to education secretary’s promise to ‘supercharge’ FE The education secretary Gavin Williamson put FE centre stage during an impassioned speech at the Conservative Party Conference today…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Williamson pledges to ‘supercharge’ FE and overtake Germany within a decade The education secretary has promised to deliver a “revolution in technical education”, and announced a target of overtaking Germany… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE to tender for 8 new Institutes of Technology A further eight Institutes of Technology are to be created by the government through a new £120 million tender,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News First college to win Careers and Enterprise Company award Westminster Kingsway College has become the first ever college to win a gong at the Careers and Enterprise Company’s… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Ofsted watch: Popular Italian restaurant chain served delectable report A popular Italian restaurant chain has been served a complimentary report by Ofsted during a week of mostly positive… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Hull College Group ‘independent’ investigation into leadership led by college’s own lawyer The independent investigation into Hull College Group is being led by a lawyer who has a long history with… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Colleges blame poor publicity and bad design for low traineeships take-up Less than a third of colleges are currently offering traineeships to 16 to 18-year-olds, FE Week analysis of new… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Advanced learner loan cap is deterring students, college warns A government-imposed cap on advanced learner loan (ALL) provision is having a “devastating impact”, a college in Oxford has… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Sector bodies align with call for DfE to switch funding for 16-18s Three leading associations from across the university, private provider and college sectors have united to call on the government… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 851 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 19h Shane Chowen 19h 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
