News Ofsted watch: Three colleges slide to grade three Three colleges dropped from Ofsted ‘good’ to ‘requires improvement’ this week, in a bad week for FE. The only… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive Allocations shock: ESFA ‘mistake’ sees massive firms listed as small The allocations “horror show” has got even more alarming, after FE Week found the government has been wrongly categorising… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Draft Labour Party manifesto FE section in full A copy of the Draft Labour Party manifesto was leaked to FE Week yesterday. Here’s the section on further… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Campaign launched to protect vulnerable learners from Brexit cuts A campaign has been launched today to prevent huge Brexit-induced cuts to FE funding, which supports learners who “fall… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Breaking: AoC manifesto calls for employer levy funding restrictions The Association of Colleges’ manifesto has called for new levy funding restrictions on employers. The document was unveiled this… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Labour spells out plans to drive apprenticeships quality to FE Week Labour has exclusively spelled out its plans to drive up the quality of apprenticeships to FE Week. It comes… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Lib Dems commit to defending 16 to 19 funding A “real-terms” commitment to protect 16 to 19 FE funding per pupil has been announced by the Liberal Democrats…. Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Labour pledge to stop adult learner fees would mean scrapping FE loans A pledge to stop fees on courses for adult learners, which FE Week has learned would involve scrapping advanced… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive Exclusive: Election delay for results of first adult education budget procurement The announcement of results of the first ever procurement process for the adult education budget has been delayed until… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Advertisements, News Paying training bills by Direct Debit could be key to apprenticeship levy success Taking on apprentices has long been off-putting for businesses because many believe that trainees’ courses are expensive and the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Principal leaving UTC as year 10 recruitment stopped An ‘inadequate’ university technical college will not take on any new year 10 students from September and is on… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Ambassador vows to ‘beat drum’ over small business fears The government’s small business apprenticeship ambassador will “continue to beat the drum” over fears that limited access to funding… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
