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Team UK all set for EuroSkills 2018 in Budapest

Twenty two of the UK’s most highly skilled young people will fly to Budapest next week to compete in…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted’s Amanda Spielman on T-levels, funding and research spending

London South East Colleges has hosted the highest echelons of Ofsted after the inspectorate’s chair chose its Bromley Campus for his landmark…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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3aaa told staff to leave dates off paperwork and not to tell customers about new starts ban

Crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance has been telling its staff to not date any paperwork for “planned enrolments” in the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted Watch: Apprenticeship provider ‘requires improvement’ amid flurry of monitoring visits

An independent learning provider has been given a grade three rating across the board in its first Ofsted inspection…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Major DfE research says ‘no evidence’ the £350m Employer Ownership Pilot had impact

A £350 million employer ownership of skills pilot failed to have any impact at all, a damning evaluation report…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Mixed reactions to Association of Colleges senior pay code

Principals have welcomed new guidance from the Association of Colleges for setting senior pay in colleges, but unions have…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Education secretary in Germany in search of inspiration

Education secretary Damian Hinds this week followed in the footsteps of many a government minister before him and jetted…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

DfE invests £5.4m in Ofsted early monitoring visits

The government has coughed up the full £5.4 million Ofsted requested to visit all new apprenticeship providers as its crackdown on…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Hinds quick to show IfA support but fails to name employers in agreement

The education secretary was unable to name a single employer who supported the Institute for Apprenticeships in an interview…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

London mayor warned 72 administrators may not be enough when AEB devolved

London’s mayor has been warned that his current adult education budget team of 72 administrators may not be enough…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

AELP calls for March 2020 end to non-levy transition period

Any transition period for moving small employers onto the apprenticeship service should only last until March 2020 to avoid…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

DfE given just 48 hours to rescue high-profile college from cash crisis

A college in financial crisis requested a multi-million pound government bailout just 48 hours before it would have run…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

Must read

Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching

In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

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