News

Ofsted watch: A trio of ‘insufficient progress’ reports

Three new apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘insufficient progress’ in at least one area under review…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Great debate on T-levels: an ambitious or reckless timetable?

The motion: This house believes the T-level reform implementation timeframe is ambitious but not reckless More than 200 figures…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

AoC senior pay policy: 5 main proposals for college leaders

The Association of Colleges has this morning published its proposed new senior staff pay code for colleges. FE Week…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

EPA assessor capacity: Will England be able to cope in the long-term?

By 2020, when the apprenticeship reforms will have taken full effect, there are likely to be around 500,000 end-point…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Schools falling short of new DfE rules on career guidance

Schools are failing to comply with new careers guidance rules, further fuelling concern from FE providers that the Baker clause…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Chartered Institution for Further Education on the ropes?

The head of the Chartered Institution for Further Education has insisted its survival is not hanging in the balance,…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

Unlimited subcontracting fees to end under London adult education budget devolution plan

Controversial management fees in subcontracting are set to be capped for the first time, FE Week can reveal. The…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College leaders to be consulted on new senior staff pay policy

The Association of Colleges is developing new guidance for setting senior pay in colleges and will launch a consultation…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Major slash in store for apprenticeship funding rate bands

The Institute for Apprenticeships will soon confirm controversial changes to dozens of apprenticeship funding rate bands, according to the…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Monthly apprenticeships update: June starts down 40 per cent on 2016

Apprenticeship starts for June are down 40 per cent on the same month in 2016 – but up 57…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Apprenticeship provision at two providers hangs in the balance following poor Ofsted monitoring visit reports

The apprenticeship provision at two ‘new’ providers hangs in the balance while the government reviews their early Ofsted monitoring…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

CITB pauses ‘reverse subcontracting’ negotiations with colleges after AoC steps in

The Construction Industry Training Board has paused discussions with colleges about its proposed “reverse subcontracting” deal following a meeting…

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