Colleges, Skills reform ‘New ways of doing FE’ inquiry: Experts give evidence to MPs ‘I actually don’t think we know how well the resit policy is benefiting young people,’ committee hears Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges, Young people DfE shaves £500m off T Levels spending Huge cost adjustment caused by low student numbers, DfE claims Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted Sumo Games apprenticeship arm crushes Ofsted inspection But likely loss of level 7 subsidy will impact the small training operation Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted ASCL floats ‘3+ point’ grading scale for Ofsted and calls for reform delay Association warns Ofsted’s five-point grading plan would leave ‘school and college leaders in a worse position than they are… Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Colleges FE is top sector for sending deprived students on Turing trips FE providers have sent over 22,000 underprivileged students on international placements in four years Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Long read Profile A new hope for UTCs Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Skills reform Chancellor to pour £600m into construction training Plans include technical excellence colleges, cash incentives for foundation apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and more Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Young people DfE scraps three more T Levels Meanwhile Pearson scoops health and science contracts from NCFE and digital T Levels get new names Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Young people T Level starts grew 59% to 25,500 in 2024-25 Healthcare science T Level fails to attract students, figures show Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y FE workforce UCU staff to walk out for 6 weeks over ‘intolerable’ dispute Inter-union wars continue with 20-day strike without resolve Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Adult education, Training Providers Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Skills reform Exclusive AGQs could be ‘timed out’ before curriculum review ends Campaigners sound alarm over DfE plans to drag diplomas into defunding controversy Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 854 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 12h Josh Mellor 12h 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
