News London colleges in spotlight as two top mayoral candidates battle for budget The issue of FE’s future in London is hotting up before the mayoral election in May. One of the… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Cash for area review consultants on offer Colleges will have access to cash to pay for consultants to help them implement area review recommendations, FE Week… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Struggling Central Bedfordshire UTC to close despite FE college’s intervention A struggling University Technical College (UTC) which has already been rescued by a neighbouring FE college is to close this… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Unspent levy money will be used to maintain SME apprenticeship funding, Boles re-assures firms The government has sought to re-assure small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) there will be enough apprenticeship levy money left… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News College in difficulties drops back to ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating City of Bristol College has slumped back to an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating, following an inspection in late January. The report… Alix Robertson 10y Alix Robertson 10y News Former OCR boss Mark Dawe appointed to run AELP Former chief executive of awarding organisation OCR Mark Dawe has been appointed as the new boss of the Association… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Exclusive: AoC struggles to find new chief executive The Association of Colleges (AoC) will have to re-advertise for a new chief executive after failing to find a… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Invitation to tender for London ESF Youth Programme launched Invitations to tender for the European Social Fund (ESF) Youth Programme in London have been launched by the Skills… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y News Preferred candidate for new chief regulator unveiled The preferred candidate to take over as Ofqual’s chief regulator has been revealed. Education secretary Nicky Morgan confirmed, in… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Shadow chief exec appointed of new Institute for Apprenticeships Rachel Sandby-Thomas (pictured above) has been appointed to the role of shadow chief executive of new Institute for Apprenticeships… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Colleges dispute findings of union report showing “significant” gender pay gap A row has broken out between the University and College Union (UCU) and providers that dispute the findings of… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y News Boles says UTCs ‘stronger’ in multi-academy trusts University Technical Colleges (UTCs) should function as part of multi-academy trusts (MATs) to make them “stronger”, the skills minister… Jude Burke 10y Jude Burke 10y Newer 1 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 829 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
