News

Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue

New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Colleges, Politics

EPI outlines ‘clear picture’ that college finances are worse than unis

Think tank urges Labour not to forget FE amid HE financial crisis talks

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, Colleges

FE Commissioner’s verdict on 2 struggling colleges and a council

Intervention reports shed more light on NewVIc conflict, reveal how a college nearly ran out of cash and that…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Staff

DfE scores with Sky Sports-style ads for FE

Research shows increased interest in FE teaching since the campaign’s launch in 2022

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

Colleges to manage student parents’ childcare claims

Portal to submit claims will be shut down from next year

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Staff

AoC makes ‘disappointing’ 2.5% pay recommendation

‘Colleges cannot afford more’ according to the sector body

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Skills England

DfE launches Skills England CEO job advert

£130k role will be below director general level and post-holder expected to come from inside government or business

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Staff

DfE considers more GCSE resit training for college staff

Government considering extra CPD for regions with ‘higher resit levels’

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, T Levels

BGT’s Alesha’s singing the praises of ‘game changing’ T Levels

The philanthropist-funded campaign hopes to boost parents’ confidence in the new qualification

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, skills

Network Rail puts halted HS2 college site back on track

Few trained at the pricey, purpose-built national college building before it closed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

DfE deploys surveyors and planes to assess every college campus

Condition data will be used to determine future capital budgets

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills England

From IfATE to Skills England via DfE: What you need to know

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill explained

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel