News NHS starts fall despite apprenticeships push The number of National Health Service apprenticeship starts fell by more than a fifth last year despite a plan… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Digital and science engineering UTC to open in Doncaster in 2020 A new university technical college is being created in South Yorkshire despite mounting problems with the programme, the Department for Education… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: Private provider straight in at grade four A private provider has earned the ignominious honour this week of being rated ‘inadequate’ at its first ever inspection…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Essex council protests college merger with London group A council in Essex has come out firmly against merger plans for its financially stricken local college, fearing it… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y 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 8y Jude Burke 8y 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 Newer 1 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
