News Skills to be at the heart of social mobility plan FE and skills will have a major role to play in a new social mobility action plan being launched… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News NAO report: So which minister signed off on Learndirect’s special treatment? The special treatment afforded to Learndirect after its infamous grade four from Ofsted was actually a ministerial decision, even… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Public Accounts Committee to call Learndirect hearing in wake of NAO investigation The public accounts committee has scheduled a hearing to review the Learndirect saga on January 15 in the New… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted annual report: Paul Joyce backs campaign for more 16-to-18 cash Ofsted’s deputy director for further education and skills spoke to FE Week after its annual report was unveiled this… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Learndirect set to lose rights to run Home Office citizenship test Learndirect’s multimillion-pound contract to deliver the Home Office’s Life in the UK test is to be put out to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News AELP urges Greening to review ‘controversial’ non-levy tender The AELP wants the education secretary to review the “controversial” outcome of the non-levy tender before ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News No provider is too big to fail, warns Ofsted annual report The first annual Ofsted report delivered by Amanda Spielman has warned that the ignominious fall of Learndirect shows that… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted warned before annual report of worsening employer provider performance Ofsted has been warned before the launch of its annual report that it will need to “work hard” to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Takeover planned for provider that slumped to ‘inadequate’ An independent training provider that has slumped two grades to ‘inadequate’ is trying to get taken over. Chesterfield-based NLT… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News SPONSORED: Search for providers to support India’s skills development NOCN Group has launched a nationwide search for UK organisations that can provide technical and implementation support for skill… Features Team 8y Features Team 8y News Snow news day: Prankster fakes college shutdown… before it closes for real A prankster has caused confusion by setting up a fake Twitter account for a college and claiming it had… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: College complains to Ofsted over rating of 14 to 16 provision A college has complained to Ofsted about a grade three verdict on its 14-to-16 provision, which it claims failed… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
