Politics, Skills reform ESFA to close in March 2025 Another education-related quango bites the dust with agency’s functions to be absorbed by DfE FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y WorldSkills 2024, WorldSkills UK Macron declares WorldSkills 2024 officially open Macron led rousing speeches, Team UK flew the flag in front of thousands and much more from the opening… Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Students A third of colleges reported a death by suicide in past year, survey finds Leaders call for more support through Labour’s new children’s wellbeing bill Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y WorldSkills 2024 Watch live: WorldSkills 2024 opening ceremony Cheer on Team UK as they fly the flag alongside mainstage performances and an address from President Macron at… Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Politics Revealed: The three candidates for education committee chair Two former children’s minister and disability rights campaigner compete for influential job Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y WorldSkills 2024 WorldSkills 2028 host country revealed Delegates at the WorldSkills general assembly have voted on who to host the 2028 competition – with Japan winning… Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y WorldSkills 2024 Team UK land in Lyon for WorldSkills FE Week is on location in Lyon as members of Team UK make final preparations for a week of… Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Long read, Skills England Long read Can Skills England really fix our broken skills system? Labour quango Skills England has a mission to boost growth by fixing skills gaps, but how can it swerve the… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Ofsted Ofsted’s website shows FE sub-judgments for first time The move comes four months after the watchdog made the same change to schools’ profiles Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y 16-19, Qualifications BTEC review terms kept secret despite transparency pleas Publishing the terms of its review could have a ‘corrosive’ effect on good government, the DfE argues Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted Coffey with Camden: Spilling the beans on Ofsted reforms A Q&A with the inspectorate’s COO Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Students Exclusive Twice as many students suspended in colleges since Covid Never-before-seen data reveals the scale of exclusions and suspensions in FE Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 832 Older Must read 16-19 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 9h Anviksha Patel 9h 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
