Exams, T Levels NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T Level exam fiasco Awarding body has taken measures to ensure errors will not happen again Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo WorldSkills 2024 Call for WorldSkills winner cash prizes FE Week investigates how other countries reward their WorldSkills medal winners Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Election 2024 Damian Hinds named shadow education secretary Former schools minister and education secretary will shadow Bridget Phillipson’s new DfE team Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Election 2024, Politics No ‘quick and easy solutions’ to ‘major’ challenges, Phillipson warns education sector Labour’s 6,500 new teachers pledge will apply to colleges, according to a letter from the new education secretary Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Long read, Qualification fraud Investigation How fake skills cards have opened the door to building site blaggers The person purporting to be Adam Philip showed me “evidence” the CSCS card he was selling would evade anti-fraud… Jessica Hill 10mo Jessica Hill 10mo Colleges, Long read Evans’ quality drive that took him from cars to Cornwall People-focused principal tells Shane Chowen that too much teaching is bad for teachers and a college’s bottom line Shane Chowen 10mo Shane Chowen 10mo Election 2024, Politics Former home sec Jacqui Smith expected to become skills and FE minister Former Labour home secretary Jacqui Smith will return to government FE Week Reporter 10mo FE Week Reporter 10mo Apprenticeships UCAS scoring plan for apprenticeships draws criticism Two university groups have criticised the admissions body’s proposals to award points based on the length of the apprenticeship Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Election 2024 ‘The proudest day of my life’: Phillipson’s full speech to DfE staff Education secretary says she has ‘greatest job in government’, but warns of ‘scale of the challenge ahead’ FE Week Reporter 10mo FE Week Reporter 10mo Election 2024, Politics Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new education secretary What we know about the minister handed the keys to the Department for Education Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Apprenticeships Pay protected for NHS staff starting apprenticeships Health workers were previously put off the programme because some employers expected them to take a wage cut Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Election 2024 Labour’s in-tray for FE and skills Sector leaders’ priorities for the next education ministerial team Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Newer 1 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 806 Older Must read Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
