News Ofsted criticised for allowing college mergers to be excuse for turning a blind eye to failure The chair of the influential education select committee has called on Ofsted to “learn the lessons” from Learndirect, after… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Education secretary ‘welcomes’ awarding bodies decision to withdraw T-levels legal challenge Damian Hinds has “welcomed” the Federation of Awarding Bodies decision to drop its legal challenge against the government’s implementation… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Exclusive: T-level legal challenge dropped after DfE offer to ‘re-set the relationship’ with awarding bodies The Federation of Awarding Bodies has dropped its legal challenge against the government’s T-level implementation plans – paving the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE ploughs ahead with plans for college campus performance reporting The Department for Education will go ahead with proposals to strengthen performance reporting for colleges that are part of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News IfA quality committee fears conflict of interest the ‘biggest risk’, newly published documents reveal Conflicts of interest are the “biggest risk” to the effectiveness of external quality assurance, the Institute for Apprenticeships has… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News FE could face MORE budget cuts despite hopes for more cash The FE sector could be in for another shattering round of funding cuts, after the chancellor reportedly told ministries… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Almost 350 Carillon apprentices to lose wage support Nearly 350 former Carillion apprentices will have their wage support cut off next month after being made redundant. The… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: ‘Unsafe’ college makes rapid safety improvements A specialist land-based college branded “unsafe” in a shocking grade four report in April has made swift improvements to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE gives IoT bid special treatment to grade 3 NCG The government appears to have broken its own rules in its Institutes of Technology competition, by putting NCG through… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofqual to audit EPAOs amid ‘capacity and capability’ concerns Ofqual will soon begin auditing apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations to find out how they are mitigating risks around the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Over 300 apprenticeship standards celebrated yet some attracting zero employers – FE Week investigates Earlier this month the Institute for Apprenticeships bragged about approving standards at a faster rate than ever before after… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News European Social Fund protected until end of 2020, Chancellor confirms Training providers will have their European Social Fund cash protected until the end of 2020, even if a “no-deal”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 830 Older Must read 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 4h Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4h 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
