News Who or what is the PRAt at the SFA? After the turmoil of recent months 2016’s silly season has finally rolled around, heralded by the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA)… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News When is the skills minister not the skills minister? When you ask the DfE The responsibilities of newly appointed minister Robert Halfon have yet to be officially announced, raising concerns from the sector that this… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Public Accounts Committee to scrutinise apprenticeships Apprenticeships have secured a place on the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) early autumn programme of work this year. They… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News First three FE institutions to get chartered status announced The first three members of the Chartered Institution for Further Education have been unveiled. Hawk Training, Blackpool and The… Paul Offord 10y Paul Offord 10y News New education secretary chooses ‘outstanding’ Walsall College for first FE visit An ‘outstanding’ college was chosen by Justine Greening MP as her first FE institution for a visit since she… Paul Offord 10y Paul Offord 10y News Busted – Wilshaw caught making up evidence in effort to further criticise colleges Ofsted’s chief inspector’s criticism about “uniformly weak” careers guidance in colleges has been exposed for lacking any identifiable external… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Government plans £2m payoffs as FE quango scrapped A government skills agency has set aside £2m to pay off its staff following confirmation of its closure. The… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Ofsted boss tells UTCs to ‘radically improve to survive’ Ofsted’s chief inspector has slammed university technical colleges (UTC) and told them that they need to make “radical improvement”… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Government silent on apprenticeship levy contingency plan The government has refused to say if a contingency plan has been put in place in the event that… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News Exclusive Half of minimum two-year-old UTCs not yet graded by Ofsted Half of University Technical Colleges (UTCs) that have been open for two or more years are yet to be… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y News ‘FE brain drain’ averted as up to 80 Sheffield civil service jobs saved The jobs of up to 80 FE-specialist civil servants based in Sheffield have been saved by the decision to… Paul Offord 10y Paul Offord 10y News EXCLUSIVE: Delay apprenticeship levy demands CBI The apprenticeship levy launch date should be delayed by the new skills minister, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)… Billy Camden 10y Billy Camden 10y Newer 1 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 851 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
