News Monthly apprenticeships update: April starts up 3% on last year but May stays static Apprenticeship starts for the period August 2018 to May 2019 are up 7 per cent on the previous year,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Gavin Williamson becomes new education secretary Gavin Williamson has been appointed the new education secretary, replacing Damian Hinds who was sacked earlier this evening. A… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News DfE officially reopens academisation option for sixth-form colleges The government has confirmed it will continue to allow sixth-form colleges to academise, two months after FE Week revealed… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Cabinet reshuffle: Education secretary Damian Hinds out Damian Hinds has lost his job as education secretary, following skills minister Anne Milton out the door, as new… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Government turns to European Union funding to support T-levels The government is looking to the European Social Fund to help tackle the barriers that rural areas face with… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Theresa May uses last PMQs to plead with Boris Johnson to invest more in FE Outgoing prime minister Theresa May used her last speech at the dispatch box to plead with her successor to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News The 11 things we learned from the DfE’s and ESFA’s 2018-19 accounts Both the Department for Education and Education and Skills Funding Agency have today published their annual accounts for 2018-19,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Skills minister Anne Milton resigns Apprenticeships and skills minister Anne Milton has resigned from government. She announced the move on Twitter ahead of the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News WorldSkills 2019: Meet Team UK With the WorldSkills 2019 competition only a month away, we introduce the 37 members of Team UK that’ll be… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Victory for Grenfell campaigners as government pledges £32.3m to buy back college campus The government has pledged up to £32.3 million to help buy back a college campus that serves the community… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE confirms popular BTECs amongst qualifications facing funding axe More than 160 “duplicate qualifications” at level 3 and below will have their funding removed from August 2020 –… Simon Kay 7y Simon Kay 7y News Ofsted watch: Unimpressive week for new private providers Five early monitoring reports for independent providers returned ‘insufficient’ ratings this week, with Ofsted finding some have not recruited… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 848 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
