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Careers advice worse at schools with sixth forms

Schools with sixth forms have been exposed as failing to provide students the same level of careers advice as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Revealed: WorldSkills UK LIVE 2018 competition results

Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills…

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
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NAO to review why thousands of apprentices are going unregulated

Concern over thousands of apprentices without a regulator responsible for checking the quality of their training is being reviewed…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Low take up of scheme to transfer levy funds from larger to smaller employers

Only a tiny proportion of large employers’ apprenticeship cash was passed on to smaller employers in the first three…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades

FE has faced a difficult week in Ofsted inspections as three providers were hit with ‘inadequate’ ratings. Three others…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Early monitoring visits find a quarter of apprenticeship providers are ‘insufficient’

A quarter of apprenticeship providers that have received early-monitoring visits from Ofsted so far have been rated as making…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross


News

Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies

The Sixth Form Colleges Association is urging the government to keep the option for its members to convert to…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

What is behind the spate of resignations of college leaders?

An exodus of college leaders has rocked the FE sector over the past two months. Meanwhile, regulations that will…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted

More than three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ and none are deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

AELP consulting on proposals to avoid EPA ‘car crash’

The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is seeking input from its members on how to avoid an apprenticeship…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Ofsted’s full inspections plummet by a third

Ofsted has denied cuts to its budget have affected the number of FE inspections it carries out, despite analysis…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Shadowy training provider given £16.5m remains tight-lipped as questions mount

Both Ofsted and the government are looking into a mysterious training provider after FE Week revealed it has secured…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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