News Seven-day strike at Hull College called off Seven days of strikes at Hull College, due to start on Monday, have been called off after the threat… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Troubled colleges handed financial health notices and minimum standards breaches Three financial health notices and two breaches of minimum standard college reports have been published by the Department for… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Atkins: Struggling colleges will still need stopgap funds Colleges that get into financial difficulty will still need funding to “oil the wheels” once the bailout tap has… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Now the National Audit Office is sniffing around T-levels T-levels will be watched for “potential for losses and fruitless payments” according to the comptroller-general at the National Audit… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE estimates colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 The number of colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 over the next 10 years, the government… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AELP leaps to defence of level two apprenticeships Low-level apprenticeships should not be rubbished by “commentators and policy makers”, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Exclusive The big interview: NCG chair Peter Lauener NCG has been in the headlines lately, what with the visits from Ofsted, its falling achievement rates, mass redundancies,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Trouble ahead for NCG with anticipated grade three from Ofsted The largest college group in the country is to be dropped from the government’s final bidding round for Institutes… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive FE commissioner recruiting new national leaders of governance The FE commissioner is on the hunt for recruits to join his army of national leaders of governance. Serving… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Metro mayors demand control over unspent levy The metro mayors overseeing skills budget devolution have joined forces to demand control of apprenticeship levy cash that employers… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Monthly update: apprenticeship starts down 52 per cent in March Apprenticeship starts for March are down 52 per cent compared with the same period in 2017. There have been… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Merger partner found for FE college incorporated just four years ago An FE college incorporated in 2014 has found a merger partner, after the FE commissioner decreed it would no… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 830 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 1h Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1h 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
