News Exclusive Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Jessica Fino 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Jessica Fino 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 Newer 1 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
