News Exclusive Government ‘making it up as they go along’ on non-levy tendering The government has been accused of “making it up as they go along” on critical questions over non-levy tendering,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Rejected appeal application looks like the beginning of the end for Learndirect The country’s biggest training provider has had its desperate attempt to appeal against a judicial review flatly rejected –… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News A-Level results 2017 | Live blog A-level results day is here! Today’s the day when A-level learners up and down the country find out whether… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Special Investigation: Over 1,600 jobs at risk after Learndirect fails bid to overturn Ofsted ‘inadequate’ The country’s largest FE provider has lost a High Court bid to quash an as-yet unpublished ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: South Essex College bumped up to ‘good’ after 90-day wait A major college has been bumped up from a grade three to a two by Ofsted, in a report… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Over £1m of public money paid in grants for failed mergers More than a million pounds of public money has been spent on mergers that subsequently collapsed, FE Week analysis… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Government sets December deadline in 16-to-18 data reporting crackdown Colleges must publish vital 16-to-18 performance data by a strict December deadline, in a Department for Education crackdown apparently prompted… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News BREAKING: Area review transition grant details published Details of all the area review transition grants awarded to date have finally been published by the Department for… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Private provider loses ‘outstanding’ rating A private training provider lost its ‘outstanding’ rating in what was otherwise a sturdy week for FE providers. Heart… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Three month inspection report delay nearly over, Ofsted claims An Ofsted report on a major college in Essex is still nowhere to be seen – despite the provider… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Area review waves four and five recommendations published Reports into the final two waves of the area reviews of post-16 education and training have finally been published… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE call for £600-a-day assessment consultants branded ‘recipe for failure’ The Department for Education is on the hunt for £600-a-day consultants to advise on the “suitability of proposed assessment… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 829 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