Skills reform Industrial strategy: growth and skills levy courses start next year Other new measures include ‘defence technical excellence colleges’ Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Young people £6.3m available for T Level placement incentive fund for employers DfE confirms funding for health and construction employers, including SMEs Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Adult education, Long read Inside the evergreen sanctuary of Fircroft adult residential college Inspired by Denmark’s folk high schools, Birmingham’s Fircroft College still provides a home-from-home for people with addiction and mental… Jessica Hill 9mo Jessica Hill 9mo Colleges WCG sells contentious campus after High Court win The proceeds will be used to pay off debts from an ongoing government funding audit Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Colleges DfE appoints three new FE national leaders Principals of ‘outstanding’ colleges have been enlisted to help other colleges improve FE Week Reporter 9mo FE Week Reporter 9mo Inclusion SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years SEND deficit ‘statutory override’ protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo Apprenticeships DfE agrees ‘transitional period’ for new off the job policy Four-month grace period for 39 apprenticeships with revised off-the-job training hours follows sector concerns Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Apprenticeships, Assessment Ofqual publishes ‘flexible’ apprenticeship assessment rules Watchdog sets out how it will do away with end point assessment and monitor training providers marking their own… Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Colleges Sixth form strike looms over pay ‘harmonisation’ The union calls the proposed pay freeze ‘levelling down’ Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Adult education New ERBs needed following devolution shake-up £6.3 million available for 39 ERBs next year Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Colleges Exam picket line over cuts at ‘second chances’ sixth form The sixth form’s new management say cutting A-Levels will improve its ‘inadequate’ achievement rate Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Colleges Exclusive Principal pay surges past £200k for 71 colleges Analysis shows highest paid bosses in the college sector Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Newer 1 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 850 Older Must read 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
