News Additional European Social Fund tender launched by ESFA The government has launched an additional European Social Fund tender, after finding there were a number of contracts in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FE base rate to increase from August 2020 for first time since 2013 to £4,188 Colleges will see a 4.7 per cent increase in the unweighted base rate for full time students aged 16… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Association of Colleges gives cautious welcome to chancellor’s FE funding boost “Meaningful” but not enough to stabilise FE for the future: that is the Association of Colleges’ response to chancellor… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Colleges receive £400m boost from chancellor Sajid Javid Colleges are to receive a £400m boost from the chancellor, it has been announced. Sajid Javid today revealed the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Meet the Government’s college finance Tsar who – like the NAO – will review DfE monitoring The Government today announced Dame Mary Ney will lead a review into the way the Department for Education monitors… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Reasonable’ week for many new providers Ofsted has reported a number of new apprenticeship providers have made ‘reasonable progress’ in early monitoring visits, according to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Picture highlights from closing medal ceremony See the victories of Team UK’s medal winners in this series of spectacular photos from the WorldSkills 2019 medal… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: UK wins 15 medallions of excellence Team UK has taken home 15 medallions of excellence from WorldSkills 2019. The medallions are earned by competitors who… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK bringing home haul of medals Team UK will be loading down its aircraft home with a haul of gold, silver and bronze medals. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK flying high after gold in aircraft maintenance Team UK has scored a gold medal in aircraft maintenance, thanks to the efforts of competitor Haydn Jakes. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Rebecca West picks up gold medal for beauty therapy Team UK has achieved a gold medal in beauty therapy for competitor Rebecca West. The achievement means Britain retains… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Skills for Care quits official quality assurance role for apprenticeships Skills for Care is to scrap their adult care external quality assurance service (ACEQUAS) to apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 848 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
