Colleges, Long read

Hullraisers taking college from underdog to top dog

Principal Debra Gray built a team that pulled Hull College out of intervention – and now draws on city…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Can sector ‘fast track’ apprentices to help build 1.5m new homes?

Investment from construction industry training providers promises to boost the workforce

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
News

2024 Good for Me Good for FE award winners revealed

Eight winners from FE colleges unveiled at glitzy awards ceremony at the House of Lords

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, skills

Fears of adult education desert amid cost-cut plans

Councils closing the centres blame low learner numbers and changes to funding rules

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
SEND

Investigation: Driven to despair by council SEND transport mess

Safety fears and lessons missed as families left in limbo

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Higher education

Dismay and delay as OfS wrecks higher ed plans

Courses in engineering, health and hospitality will now be put on hold

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen


Ofsted

Apprenticeship quality ‘improving’, says Ofsted chief inspector

Sir Martyn Oliver publishes ‘slimmed down’ first annual report

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

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Qualifications, T Levels

MPs plea for BTEC reprieve ahead of crunch review

Parliament’s education select committee has stepped in days before level 3 review is expected to be published

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

Free meals funding rises by 5p

The increase will be back-dated to September 2024

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Ofsted

Colleges with top Ofsted grades tumbles

Private providers have meanwhile seen a big uptick in results

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, T Levels

Students ‘blamed’ for not finding T Level industry placements, research finds

Many learners also felt ‘misled’ and reported ‘highly variable’ experiences of the new course

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill