News Exclusive DfE has finally found an organisation to inspect the quality of unregulated apprenticeships The government is expected to announce which regulator will inspect the quality of learning for level 6 and 7… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News New DfE Skills Index shows significant decline since 2012 The overall added-value of the FE and skills system in England has fallen from a baseline of 100 in… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship pay and satisfaction surveys delayed and incur more costs Two flagship apprenticeship surveys have had their publication date delayed by six months and will incur additional costs to… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 Newer 1 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 11h Shane Chowen 11h 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
