News Troubled Easton and Otley College to be demerged and taken over A troubled land-based college is to be broken up and merged with two other colleges, following two consecutive ‘inadequate’… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Revealed: The 17 colleges to share £2.5m in final strategic improvement funding round The names of final colleges set to share grants through a government fund designed to support struggling colleges have… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News Speedy Ofsted criticism of provider just months after multi-million pound purchase A new provider that was allowed to recruit over 1,000 apprentices before being inspected has been found making ‘insufficient… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Milton backs Gove to be next Prime Minister The skills minister Anne Milton is backing Conservative leadership frontrunner Michael Gove to be the next Prime Minister. As… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Union threatens strike action after college sacked lecturer for writing ‘racist’ on Prevent poster The University and College Union has warned its members will strike at Sandwell College if a lecturer, who was… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News West Notts College university centre less than half-full three years after opening A university centre at the troubled West Nottinghamshire College has had to revise down its learner growth numbers by… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofqual: Removing access to BTECs risks creating ‘barrier’ to student progress The body that regulates qualifications in England has added its voice to fears about the government’s plans for scrapping… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Dozens made redundant as ‘good’ apprenticeship provider goes bust A training provider has gone bust after being “hit hard” by the government’s apprenticeship reforms, putting nearly 40 staff… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News West Thames College strike days this year hit double figures Staff at two colleges will go on strike again this week as part of an ongoing row over pay… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Poor week for multiple new apprenticeship providers New apprenticeship providers came in for some stinging criticism this week, with three found to be making ‘insufficient progress’… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: 54 colleges and providers chosen for second wave of Taking Teaching Further funding The colleges and training providers chosen to recruit new FE teachers and improve links with industry for the second… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Theresa May: FE has been ‘overlooked, undervalued and underfunded’ The Prime Minister delivered a speech this morning in response to the much anticipated Augar review on post-18 education…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 830 Older Must read 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 3d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3d Qualifications 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo