News Tenth UTC closure announced Yet another university technical college will close later this year, taking the total to 10 for the troubled programme…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA apologises over apprenticeship off-the-job calculation blunder The Education and Skills Funding Agency has apologised for causing confusion in its off-the-job training rule and updated its… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Training provider director jailed for 8 months for fraud A former director of a training provider that falsified exam papers for individuals seeking to gain security guard licenses… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Minister admits a lot ‘we don’t know yet’ about Treasury backed national retraining scheme The government still doesn’t know how the national retraining scheme will work or how much it will cost, even… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Select committee chair and skills minister clash over Spending Review strategy The skills minister and the chair of the education select committee were at loggerheads this morning after Anne Milton… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Short-term fix found for gap in apprenticeship quality assurance arrangements The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has reached a deal with the organisation that has delivered external quality… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Minimum standards to be scrapped as part of earlier and stronger intervention regime The Education and Skills Funding Agency is going to scrap its minimum standards policy as part of an earlier… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News New ‘triggers’ for government intervention in colleges revealed Colleges that experience “serious” cash flow pressures, breach bank covenants, or have significantly delayed accounts will be placed into… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Mixed results for FE providers It has been a varied week in the FE sector, with three providers receiving ‘good’ grades from Ofsted while… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Alert raised on the high volume of ‘tie-breaks’ in latest ESF tendering process Further questions are being asked about the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s recent European Social Fund tender, after FE… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Funding clawback for college at risk of cash crisis A college already in financial difficulty is being forced to pay back nearly £1 million to the government as… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Blow your own trumpet and shake off your victim mentality, providers told FE providers have been urged to “blow their own trumpet more” after research found they have developed a “victim… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y Newer 1 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 848 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
