Ofsted Ernst and Young among latest batch of Ofsted ‘outstandings’ Four providers have achieved the feat in recently published reports Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Devolution Long read Manchester mayor builds support for MBacc FE Week visits an Andy Burnham regional event to learn more about his plans to boost technical education Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Employment DWP to merge Jobcentre Plus and National Careers Service New work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall announces overhaul to focus on career advice Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Politics Jacqui Smith: 10 facts about the new skills, FE and HE minister Roles have not been officially announced, but Smith confirmed her brief in a recent podcast ahead of a college… Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Higher education OfS chair Lord Wharton suddenly resigns The political independence of the HE regulator has been criticised under Wharton’s tenure Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Exams, T Levels NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T Level exam fiasco Awarding body has taken measures to ensure errors will not happen again Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo WorldSkills 2024 Call for WorldSkills winner cash prizes FE Week investigates how other countries reward their WorldSkills medal winners Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Election 2024 Damian Hinds named shadow education secretary Former schools minister and education secretary will shadow Bridget Phillipson’s new DfE team Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Election 2024, Politics No ‘quick and easy solutions’ to ‘major’ challenges, Phillipson warns education sector Labour’s 6,500 new teachers pledge will apply to colleges, according to a letter from the new education secretary Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Long read, Qualification fraud Investigation How fake skills cards have opened the door to building site blaggers The person purporting to be Adam Philip showed me “evidence” the CSCS card he was selling would evade anti-fraud… Jessica Hill 10mo Jessica Hill 10mo Colleges, Long read Evans’ quality drive that took him from cars to Cornwall People-focused principal tells Shane Chowen that too much teaching is bad for teachers and a college’s bottom line Shane Chowen 10mo Shane Chowen 10mo Election 2024, Politics Former home sec Jacqui Smith expected to become skills and FE minister Former Labour home secretary Jacqui Smith will return to government FE Week Reporter 10mo FE Week Reporter 10mo Newer 1 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 802 Older Must read Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
