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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Paul Offord 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Billy Camden 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y 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 9y Jude Burke 9y News DfE refuses to reveal April apprenticeship starts The Department for Education has refused to tell FE Week how many apprenticeship starts there were in April –… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Government listen to concerns and pause all apprenticeship framework removals The government’s decision on the phasing out of the next wave of apprenticeship frameworks has again be postponed, this… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Government revises 29 apprenticeship framework funding rates The potential funding rates for health and social care apprenticeship frameworks, among many others, have been increased by the… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Scrap the new and ‘controversial’ £200,000 non-levy tender minimum, says AELP A request to scrap the “controversial” £200,000 threshold in the new non-levy procurement process is going to be put… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News IfA appoints small exam board as apprenticeship ‘External Quality Assurance’ delivery partner A small awarding organisation that appears to have little experience in the apprenticeships market will deliver external quality assurance… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 854 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 6d Josh Mellor 6d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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
