News Exclusive Revealed: the 12 colleges surviving on government bailouts Twelve cash-strapped colleges received secret government bailouts totalling more than £11 million in December. It perhaps demonstrates a significant… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Stoke-on-Trent College received a half-million bailout Stoke-on-Trent College is almost £16 million in the red and received more than £500,000 in exceptional financial support in… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News T-Levels consultation: Here’s what the sector really thinks Tonight the T Level public consultation closes after running for 10 weeks and seeking answers to 45 questions. It sought… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive 200,000 FE staff are now trained in Prevent Over 200,000 people working in FE have completed training to help them understand their duty to prevent the radicalisation… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y 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 Newer 1 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 833 Older Must read 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
