News Exclusive DfE paid £1m to settle Hadlow Group’s legal case The Department for Education forked out £1 million to settle a legal dispute at a college group under investigation and already relying… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News FE Week takes on charity cycle challenge with South and City College Birmingham FE Week’s editor Nick Linford and publisher Shane Mann will be joining a team from South and City College… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive Investigation: How West Nottinghamshire College is fighting for survival West Nottinghamshire College entered the public eye last year when it ran into financial difficulties that led to government… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Baker U-turns by telling all UTCs they could survive by joining multi-academy trusts University Technical Colleges are being pressured to join multi-academy trusts after the programme’s architect Lord Baker U-turned on previous… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted slams civil service apprentices scheme for inappropriate management courses A provider that trains civil servants has been slammed by Ofsted for putting science graduates on apprenticeships that are… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Boss of charity behind the UTC programme to step down The chief executive of the organisation that is behind the troubled university technical colleges programme is stepping down. Charles… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Government to fund free sanitary products in colleges The government will fund free sanitary products for all students in colleges and secondary schools from September. Chancellor Philip… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Apprenticeship employer fees to be halved from April 1 – no joke The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved from April 1,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Damning Ofsted visit finds provider not knowing who its apprentices are A training provider has been heavily criticised for not knowing accurately enough who their apprentices are, in an Ofsted… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship framework certification boss steps down with immediate effect The managing director of the Federation of Industry Sector Skills and Standards (FISSS) has stepped down with immediate effect,… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Ofqual rules out tendering to take over apprenticeship quality assurance Ofqual has ruled itself out of delivering the apprenticeship external quality assurance service for the Institute for Apprenticeships and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Education that gets out of classrooms and into the community Six per cent of adults with learning disabilities are in paid employment – something that specialist colleges are working… Catherine Murray 7y Catherine Murray 7y Newer 1 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
