Colleges, Skills reform ‘New ways of doing FE’ inquiry: Experts give evidence to MPs ‘I actually don’t think we know how well the resit policy is benefiting young people,’ committee hears Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Colleges, Young people DfE shaves £500m off T Levels spending Huge cost adjustment caused by low student numbers, DfE claims Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Ofsted Sumo Games apprenticeship arm crushes Ofsted inspection But likely loss of level 7 subsidy will impact the small training operation Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Ofsted ASCL floats ‘3+ point’ grading scale for Ofsted and calls for reform delay Association warns Ofsted’s five-point grading plan would leave ‘school and college leaders in a worse position than they are… Freddie Whittaker 11mo Freddie Whittaker 11mo Colleges FE is top sector for sending deprived students on Turing trips FE providers have sent over 22,000 underprivileged students on international placements in four years Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Long read Profile A new hope for UTCs Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges… Jessica Hill 11mo Jessica Hill 11mo Skills reform Chancellor to pour £600m into construction training Plans include technical excellence colleges, cash incentives for foundation apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and more Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Young people DfE scraps three more T Levels Meanwhile Pearson scoops health and science contracts from NCFE and digital T Levels get new names Shane Chowen 11mo Shane Chowen 11mo Young people T Level starts grew 59% to 25,500 in 2024-25 Healthcare science T Level fails to attract students, figures show Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo FE workforce UCU staff to walk out for 6 weeks over ‘intolerable’ dispute Inter-union wars continue with 20-day strike without resolve Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Adult education, Training Providers Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Skills reform Exclusive AGQs could be ‘timed out’ before curriculum review ends Campaigners sound alarm over DfE plans to drag diplomas into defunding controversy Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Newer 1 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 848 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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
