News DfE launches consultation on plans to fund £80m college pension contribution increase The Department for Education is consulting on plans to provide extra funding to cover the estimated £80 million rise… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Fifth consecutive grade three Ofsted report for troubled London college A London college previously at the centre of controversy involving the Grenfell Tower has received its fifth consecutive grade… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA appoints Kate Josephs as director of funding A top government academies official has been appointed as the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new director of funding…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA shake-up places a new director of funding in charge of its £63 billion budget The Education and Skills Funding Agency is preparing to move towards a “single Funding Operations Centre of Excellence” as… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: Mixed week for FE providers It has been a mixed week for FE in Ofsted reports, as some providers celebrated ‘good’ first inspections while… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Skills minister vows to ‘dig deeper’ into level 2 apprenticeships drop The skills minister has vowed to “dig deeper” into the drop in level two apprenticeships, and whether it might… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News 2019: The year ahead in FE and skills 2019 is set to be a big year for the FE and skills sector. While it’s still not clear… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Careers and Enterprise Company says it can’t provide apprenticeship advisers The Department for Education has been criticised for spending tens of thousands of pounds on apprenticeship advisers, as a government-created careers guidance organisation… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News 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 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 842 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
