News Ofsted watch: Poor start to the year for FE colleges No college inspection report to have been published by the education watchdog since the beginning of the year has… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Active IQ unveils Level 3 Diplomas in Personal Training for Health, Fitness and Performance Active IQ, the UK’s leading Ofqual-recognised awarding organisation for the active leisure, learning and wellbeing sector, has launched two… Vik Bassi 9y Vik Bassi 9y News Halfon denies picture ‘bleak’ for adult education in ‘night school’ debate The skills minister has denied that the picture of adult education is “bleak”, as Labour MP David Lammy launched… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive Misleading marketing of ‘industry-approved’ provider schemes exposed Providers are at risk of being duped into believing they need to pay thousands to become “industry-approved” before they… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Adult Education budget procurement process set to launch The first ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts has been given the ministerial green light and is… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News FE pays tribute to former SFA director Kim Thorneywork The FE sector has paid tribute to Kim Thorneywork, the “distinguished” former chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Bailouts for failing colleges reach £140 million says Halfon College bailouts have cost the UK a whopping £140 million, the apprenticeships minister has admitted. Robert Halfon confessed to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Government unwilling to take action on qualifications fraud fears An awarding organisation that fell victim to a high-profile case of qualifications fraud has called on the government to… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Ofsted makes multiple changes to report after complaints A senior Ofsted inspector has apologised after the inspectorate accepted multiple challenges to the wording of a report on… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Lammy: Bring back night schools to save adult education A new parliamentary campaign has been launched by the MP David Lammy to try and counter the sweeping cuts… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News College faces £10,000 replacement bus bill over train strikes A college in Sussex is bearing the full brunt of staff strikes at Southern Rail, having to shell out… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Providers in limbo as ‘no date’ for adult education budget procurement launch Providers have been left in the dark about when procurement for adult education budget contracts will be launched for… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y Newer 1 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 829 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