News DfE’s teaching and leadership in FE report: The five main findings The Department for Education has today published a research report exploring quality of teaching and leadership in FE. ‘Teaching,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ten colleges failed to secure apprenticeship funding for small employers, DfE reveals Ten colleges which once held contracts to deliver apprenticeships with small employers were not awarded funding in the recent… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News College sector performance continues rapid improvement Just under three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, as the sector’s rapid improvement… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive Bradford College bailed out twice in a single month A college was bailed out twice in December, to the tune of £1.5 million each time, FE Week has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News National College for Nuclear launched A national college planning to train the bulk of the country’s workforce for Britain’s nuclear industry opens today. The… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News FE commissioner: Funding for Institutes of Technology is ‘too modest’ The £170 million funding pot for new Institutes of Technology will not enable them to have a significant impact… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted announces tougher approach to monitoring subcontracting Ofsted will increase its focus on management and quality in subcontracting, according to its most senior director for FE… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Off-the-job qualifications can be included in apprenticeships, IfA confirms Off-the-job technical qualifications can now be included in apprenticeships, the Institute for Apprenticeships has officially announced, confirming a significant… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Professional footballers found guilty of £5m apprenticeship subcontracting fraud Two former professional footballers and two other men have been found guilty of scamming colleges out of £5 million… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News FE and social justice: Top six education committee chair recommendations Robert Halfon is set to give the keynote address on the theme of social justice and skills at an… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News College still allowed to provide apprenticeships despite ‘inadequate’ Ofsted A college rated ‘inadequate’ for its apprenticeship provision more than seven months ago was given special dispensation to remain… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive IfA approves quality assurer that is scheduled to close A company approved to provide external quality assurance for digital apprenticeships will fold in September, in a situation described… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
