News What do the people behind the privatisation of Learndirect think now? Former publicly-owned FE giant Learndirect recently lost a High Court battle to quash an ‘inadequate’ rating from Ofsted, which… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News College clings on to RoATP despite ‘inadequate’ apprenticeships The Department for Education has remained silent over why a college with a grade four for its apprenticeship provision… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Adult education budget descends into chaos Training providers are unhappy over the handling the adult education budget procurement process, with having their contracts rejected despite… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: Grade four Ofsted-rated provider in administration A Norfolk-based provider that was hit with a grade four Ofsted rating in May has entered into administration, FE… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News DfE confirms special treatment will be given to Learndirect This evening the Department for Education said that it will not, as would typically be the case, serve a… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y 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bid to overturn Ofsted ‘inadequate’ The country’s largest FE provider has lost a High Court bid to quash an as-yet unpublished ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: South Essex College bumped up to ‘good’ after 90-day wait A major college has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 Newer 1 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 833 Older Must read 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
