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 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 8y Jude Burke 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 8y Nick Linford 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 8y Jude Burke 8y 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 8y Paul Offord 8y 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 8y Jude Burke 8y 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 8y Billy Camden 8y News Provider bites back at ‘factually inaccurate’ Ofsted monitoring report An apprenticeship provider has hit out at how Ofsted conducted an early monitoring visit, and said the ensuing report… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 842 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 16-19 Long read 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
