Colleges Creating ESOL courses isn’t ‘voluntary work’, says tribunal Tribunal notes ‘significant failure of HR’ for lack of communication with hourly paid staff Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo Young people T Levels for adults ‘under review’ amid ‘very little interest’ Only one college recruited a standalone group of adults Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Colleges It’s not only Leeds and Manchester desperate for demographic boom help, say leaders The number of 16 to 18-year-olds is projected to rise by 20 per cent between 2017 and 2028 Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Apprenticeships Kaplan tops apprenticeship revenue charts as level 7 verdict looms QA and Multiverse also rose up the ranks in 2022-23, according to data finally released this week Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted looks at renaming new ‘secure’ grade But expert warns: ‘It’s not that word, it’s the structure of the grading system’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 12mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 12mo Politics Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on skills Former headteacher will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Colleges Ofsted: Schools and colleges must improve ‘poor’ careers advice Most college students can’t remember what careers guidance they had in school Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Higher education, Training Providers Trainee teachers dumped in cafes and shops for work placements Applied Business Academy liquidated before facing ‘significant penalties’ Shane Chowen 12mo Shane Chowen 12mo Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ blow for newcomer to care home manager training Franhen Consultancy’s apprenticeship funding contract now hangs in the balance Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo News AQA buys Construction EPA Company Exam body expands further into vocational training space Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Colleges Revealed: £302m college condition allocations DfE also dishes out additional £20m to Leeds and Greater Manchester to help manage student population surge Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Teaching AI tool for electronics teaching developed by ex-IfATE board member The tool was funded through a competition for AI tools that could save teachers time Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Newer 1 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 11h Josh Mellor 11h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
