News Colleges supported with £760,000 to engage inactive students in sport Over three quarters of a million pounds will be invested in colleges over the next two years to engage… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 9 things we learned from the DfE’s annual report and accounts 2017-18 The Department for Education has this morning published its annual report, revealing payoffs, various bonuses and millions in unrecoverable… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE waters down T-level licensing rules but unlikely to appease exam bodies legal challenge The government has watered down a number of rules in its procurement process for T-levels following outcry from the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Best and worst of FE on show An independent specialist college showed the best of FE this week as it maintained its ‘outstanding’ rating, but the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE spent £93m on doomed UTCs and studio schools The Department for Education spent more than £90 million on university technical college and studio school projects that went… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 11 things we learned from the ESFA’s first annual report and accounts The Education and Skills Funding Agency has this afternoon published its annual report for 2017-18, revealing huge bailouts, questionable bonuses… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Student satisfaction still highest with private providers – but colleges slightly close the gap Colleges have slightly narrowed the gap with private training providers by 2.5 percentage points when it comes to learner… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Hinds hits back at awarding organisations’ ‘deeply disappointing’ T-levels legal challenge The education secretary has hit back at the Federation of Awarding Bodies “deeply disappointing” threat of a judicial review… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive No surprises: Somerset provider wins special ESFA tender after local MPs lobbied minister A training provider in Somerset that found itself at the sharp end of the adult education budget debacle has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News PM praises rise in apprenticeship quality despite Ofsted’s warning of a decline The prime minister has claimed that apprenticeships quality has risen since the introduction of the levy, despite Ofsted finding… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Awarding organisations launch T-level legal challenge in pre-action letter to DfE Battle lines have officially been drawn by the Federation of Awarding Bodies, after it outlined its intention to launch… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE announces first regional ‘skills deal’ The West Midlands has become the first combined authority to strike a “skills deal” with the Department for Education,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 830 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
