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London’s largest college group abandons an appeal against a £3 million HMRC bill

A London college group has chosen to give up on a 17-year appeal against HM Revenue and Customs and…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

College ends use of corporate credit cards after its former principal claimed £40k expenses

A college in financial difficulty has ended the use of corporate cards for senior staff after its former high-profile…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Highbury College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state

A college has called in the lawyers to recover a long-running £1.4 million debt held up in Nigeria, after…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted to launch new inspection framework consultation at SFCA conference next week

Ofsted will launch its consultation on the new education inspection framework at the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association winter conference…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Lifelong learning campaigners join forces to launch ‘centenary commission’ on adult education

Leading universities and educational charities have joined forces to create a new commission into the adult education challenges faced…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Demands grow for more transparency from government on apprenticeship levy spending

The City and Guilds Group has added its voice to the growing clamour demanding more transparency from the government…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


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DfE publishes 20% off-the-job training ‘mythbusters’

The Department for Education has published new guidance on the controversial 20 per cent off-the-job training rule for apprentices,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE plans first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges

The government has revealed plans for its first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges to better understand the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA seeking views on ‘long-term operation’ of apprenticeship levy

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is seeking employers’ and providers’ views on the long-term operation of the apprenticeship…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

First ever loans-only provider to get Ofsted ‘outstanding’

A loans-only provider has been rated ‘outstanding’ – the first such provider to receive the highest possible rating from…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Two thirds of schools still flouting Baker clause a year after introduction

Two-thirds of schools are still flouting the controversial Baker clause a year after it was introduced – leading to…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Skills minister responds to concern apprenticeship budget will be overspent

The apprenticeship budget will be “alright” for the rest of the year, the skills minister has said. Anne Milton…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
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