News Serious adult education budget procurement fears for third sector Many charities will lose their direct contracts as a result of the controversial adult education budget procurement process, according… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted to ask FE learners if they feel safe in residential provision Ofsted is asking young people in residential provision at FE colleges if they feel safe and able to raise… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News BREAKING: Non-levy apprenticeship funding tender deadline extended The non-levy apprenticeship funding tender timetable has been “amended” by the Department for Education, and the deadline for submissions… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News EXCLUSIVE: DfE launches £100k tender to independently review complaints against Ofsted The Department for Education has this week started the hunt for an organisation to review complaints made against Ofsted,… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News U-turn welcomed on funding for employees taught outside the workplace Courses for people in employment are once again allowed to use public funding, so long as they are taught… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Government outlines single awarding organisation plan for prisons The Ministry of Justice intends to appoint single awarding organisations for seven areas of study, it has announced on the… Gemma Gathercole 8y Gemma Gathercole 8y News Ofsted watch: A quiet summer of good news This week has seen an all-too-rare period of all good news when it comes to Ofsted inspections. The heaviest… FE Week 8y FE Week 8y News Exclusive Learndirect special treatment update: will it be less than £1m or over £30m to ‘wind-down’ AEB? Learndirect’s Adult Education Budget “wind-down” allocation value to July 2018 hangs in the balance, after they failed to tender… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News English and Maths GCSE resit results 2017 Here are the results for all candidates aged 17 and over in the UK who sat GCSE Maths, English… Catherine Murray 8y Catherine Murray 8y News Tens of thousands more students will need to resit English GCSEs Over 40,000 more students may need to resit their English GCSE next year than did this year, after failing… FE Week 8y FE Week 8y News GCSE resits 2017: Sharp fall in maths results but English improves Just under a quarter of the older students resitting their maths GCSEs achieved grades of A* to C this… FE Week 8y FE Week 8y News BREAKING: ESFA appoints Eileen Milner as its new chief executive The Education and Skills Funding Agency has appointed a permanent chief executive to replace Peter Lauener. Eileen Milner, who… FE Week 8y FE Week 8y Newer 1 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
