Colleges, Staff

NEU ends sixth form college pay dispute

Members accept 4.3 per cent deal with ‘firm assurances’ of future pay equality

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
T Levels

No answers for failed T Level students in re-mark fiasco

College and awarding organisation have failed to resolve the issue six months on

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Politics

Come clean on cuts, demand adult education providers

Providers face uncertainty after news emerged in a ‘fragmented’ fashion

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Make apprenticeship funding top priority, poll suggests

But parents still prefer to send children to university over taking up apprenticeships

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

Short isn’t sweet for apprenticeship standards warning

Government plans to move from a 12 to 8 month minimum duration by August

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Faster apprenticeship payments to providers as DfE ditches duplicate data

Database fix to cut admin and speed up apprenticeship funding payments

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Apprenticeships

Providers to assess apprentices in EPA overhaul

DfE claims more red tape cut as it confirms assessment rule changes

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Staff

23 sixth form colleges vote to strike in NASUWT ballot

But the union has been criticised for also balloting teachers in academised sixth form colleges not involved in the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

IfATE abolition laws pass the Lords

Amendments to delay full rollout of Skills England likely to be overturned

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

English and maths rule scrapped for adult apprentices, DfE confirms

Ministers also reveal the apprenticeship minimum duration will be reduced from 12 to 8 months

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Tech exec and ex-DfE perm sec to lead Skills England

Phil Smith and David Bell named chair and vice chair respectively, while two senior civil servants will jobshare as…

FE Week Reporter
Anviksha Patel and Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Public relations training firm rated ‘outstanding’

Apprenticeships provision at international PR company lauded for ‘exceptional’ leadership

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

Must read

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
16-19

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
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel