News IfA boss admits fears for tight T-levels timescale The boss of the organisation that will be responsible for T-levels has admitted he has deep concerns at the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News University technical colleges will start recruiting from year 9 Two university technical colleges will start recruiting students a year before the standard starting age of 14 from September, and another… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Exclusive HMRC VAT crackdown spreads to subcontracting HMRC has launched a major investigation into subcontracting that could result in tens of millions in fees and fines… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Public accounts committee wants top-slicing action by August The government should publish guidance on how it expects management fees to be applied by August, the public accounts… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News That’s special treatment all right: Accounts committee lays into Learndirect Learndirect was indeed given special treatment because the government considered it too big to fail, the Public Accounts Committee… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News The PAC’s five recommendations following its inquiry into Learndirect The Public Accounts Committee has today published its report into the monitoring, inspection and funding of Learndirect. Members of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News FE Commissioner: “Structural change” could follow £1.4m emergency cash injection The FE Commissioner has warned a college may need “structural change” after it was given £1.4 million in emergency… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Commissioner report shows governors’ surprise at college’s dire finances A new FE Commissioner report has shown how the dire financial position of a college that needed two government… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Strike action escalates on a second day of college walkouts More than 1,500 staff from colleges are expected to take part in a second day of strike action, and… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Stockport College earns its third Ofsted ‘inadequate’ in five years A college has been hit with its third ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating in the space of just five years. The… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Low-paid sixth-form college teachers get 2% payrise Teachers in sixth-form colleges in England will get a pay rise of up to two per cent, backdated to… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted confirms new stricter rules for grade 3 providers Ofsted has confirmed it will apply stricter rules to FE providers judged ‘requires improvement’, and will now carry out… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo