Adult education, Devolution

Mayors better at spending adult skills cash

Devolved AEB underspend figures revealed for first time

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Pay

FE ethnicity pay gap revealed

Underrepresentation of ethnic minorities at region and leader level reveal cold spots in pay gaps

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Training Providers

Learning Curve vs DfE contract case ends in secret settlement

Deal ends 18-month court battle over major provider’s alleged ‘unlawful’ adult education budget bid rejection

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Principals’ dismay over £50m pay deal ‘own goal’

College leaders divided over effectiveness of the one-off grant

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Devolve apprenticeship funding to local leaders, says Wolf

Former PM-adviser sets out plan for fixing apprenticeship howlers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Ofsted system glitch wiped evidence during almost 200 inspections

But in almost every case inspectors were still able to consider the findings when reaching judgments, says watchdog

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Politics

DfE refuses to include FE in teacher recruitment forecasts

Modelling used to predict school teacher numbers will not be applied to FE despite staffing crisis

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

NEU rejects £50m pay deal with more college strikes

Union says there will still be a two-tier wage system even with the ‘one-off grant’ announced last week

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges

Fresh sixth form college strike ballot despite £50m pay deal

SFCA hits back as NASUWT accuses principals of making ‘spurious arguments’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

T Level results to be published for individual colleges for first time

But a planned overall attainment measure has been delayed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Long read

A day in the life of the head of a small specialist college

Clare Scattergood’s job title underplays the myriad roles she performs at her small independent specialist college in Birmingham –…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

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Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden