News 2024 Good for Me Good for FE award winners revealed Eight winners from FE colleges unveiled at glitzy awards ceremony at the House of Lords Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Adult education, Skills reform Fears of adult education desert amid cost-cut plans Councils closing the centres blame low learner numbers and changes to funding rules Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Inclusion Investigation: Driven to despair by council SEND transport mess Safety fears and lessons missed as families left in limbo Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Higher education Dismay and delay as OfS wrecks higher ed plans Courses in engineering, health and hospitality will now be put on hold Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Ofsted Apprenticeship quality ‘improving’, says Ofsted chief inspector Sir Martyn Oliver publishes ‘slimmed down’ first annual report Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Sponsored post Sponsored A celebration of education as Bett turns 40! The world of education has transformed dramatically in the past 40 years, but one thing remains constant: the dedication… Advertorial 1y BETT 1y Young people MPs plea for BTEC reprieve ahead of crunch review Parliament’s education select committee has stepped in days before level 3 review is expected to be published Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News Free meals funding rises by 5p The increase will be back-dated to September 2024 FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Ofsted Colleges with top Ofsted grades tumbles Private providers have meanwhile seen a big uptick in results Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges, Young people Students ‘blamed’ for not finding T Level industry placements, research finds Many learners also felt ‘misled’ and reported ‘highly variable’ experiences of the new course Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Higher education OfS closes HE register and puts new degree powers on ice Regulator shuts register and closes applications for degree awarding powers until August 2025 to focus on financial struggles of… Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Young people DfE eases T Level work placement rules to boost take up Ministers announce measures to extend hybrid working and ‘cut red tape’ for employers and colleges Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 850 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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
