News Ofsted watch: Solid start to the summer term for most providers The summer term has kicked off on a solid footing with two colleges and one university being graded ‘good’… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News ‘Insufficient’ Ofsted monitoring report published for NCG’s private provider An independent provider that is part of the country’s largest college group has had its first Ofsted monitoring report… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive DfE slammed for refusal to investigate defunct Manchester UTC as paperwork fails to materialise Auditors were unable to properly scrutinise the finances of a failed University Technical College because important data was missing,… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges The cash-strapped Hull College Group is to offload one of its three colleges later this year. Harrogate College, which… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive UCU calls on FE Commissioner to consider de-merging London colleges from NCG Union officials at two London colleges have written to the FE Commissioner requesting that he urgently investigates whether they… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive ESFA takes control of investigation into Hadlow’s former deputy principal An investigation initiated by the Hadlow Group’s board into their former deputy principal has been taken over by the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive DfE to review Institute of Technology ‘cold spots’ The government has said it may tender for more Institutes of Technology after FE Week shared concerns that there… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Plans for PhD-level apprenticeships thrown into doubt Plans for PhD-level apprenticeships have been thrown into doubt after the Institute for Apprenticeships raised concerns they were not… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Small businesses outline ‘serious concerns’ with stretched apprenticeship budget The Federation of Small Businesses has raised “serious concerns” about the apprenticeship budget and claims “over a quarter of… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Ofsted finds ‘prohibited’ subcontracting – again A loans-only provider has been rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted found it was using banned subcontracting. The watchdog gave Be… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Seventh time unlucky: Training provider rated ‘inadequate’ after six consecutive grade threes A private provider has been hit with the lowest possible Ofsted rating after receiving six consecutive ‘requires improvement’ ratings… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship levy usage rockets from 5 to 22% in second year but only 15% since launch Employers used 22 per cent of their apprenticeship levy funds in the 12 months to the end of January… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 830 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
