News Robert Halfon questions key principle behind new T-levels The former skills minister has appeared to question the whole design principle behind the government’s plan for prestigious new… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Studio schools to cut ties with FE colleges The controversial studio schools programme has announced a dramatic shift in focus after the tally of those closed or… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted watch: Ambulance trust fares well in early monitoring visit The first employer provider to have received an apprenticeship early monitoring visit resulted in a positive report, in this… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Leicester city council in row over ‘brokerage-style’ levy deal Leicester city council is the latest public body accused of diverting apprenticeship levy funding away from frontline learning via… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Governors ‘abrogated’ responsibilities at inadequate Medway UTC The governors of a university technical college have been slammed for “abrogating” their responsibilities, in yet another damning Ofsted… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News College with huge bailout debt pays principal over £265k A college owes the government almost £14 million in emergency bailout cash alone, but it still managed to scrape… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Special investigation: The fallout from mass exam reversal Thousands of young people are having their recent exam failures reversed, thanks to a change in the design of… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Stephenson College challenged over £100,000 tactical subcontracting A college that charged up to 57 per cent in management fees has been found to be attempting to… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News ‘Unsafe’ Moulton College appoints safe pair of hands as interim principal A troubled Northamptonshire college has appointed a familiar face as an interim leader after its principal resigned in the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News London mega-merger to create England’s third biggest college group Moves are afoot to create one of the largest college groups in the country by joining four institutions from… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Anne Milton hasn’t met the IfA’s apprentice panel in its first year The skills minister has still not met with the Institute for Apprenticeships’ panel of apprentices – more than 12… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News UTC architect George Osborne says 14 start age ‘hasn’t worked’ George Osborne, who as chancellor was one of the driving forces behind university technical colleges, would consider scrapping the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
