News EFA pulls Chelmer Training contract after fall from outstanding to inadequate — but questions remain for Ofsted A provider that plummeted straight from Ofsted outstanding nearly a decade ago to inadequate escaped a visit from inspectors… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Colleges asked to step in after private firm reveals plans to walk away from £17m contract The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) is looking for a general FE college to step in after a major private… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Financial dispute leaves ‘32,000’ paying students at My Distance Learning College in dark over certificates A Rotherham-based provider has warned that 32,000 paying learners might not get their certificates after a number of awarding… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News ETF action over conflict of interest fears after director’s firm wins contract The Education and Training Foundation has acted over conflict of interest concerns surrounding interim director Pauline Odulinski after a… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FE Commissioner pays tribute to new leadership at inadequate Lesoco college The new leadership team at inadequate-rated South London college Lesoco has been praised by the FE Commissioner, it has… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Audit office investigates BIS efforts to simplify FE and skills Efforts to simplify FE funding and bureaucracy by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are under the National… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Neet numbers at near-decade low as funding worries prompt RPA warning The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) in England is at its lowest quarterly… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Concerns emerge providers are claiming 24+ funding they’re not entitled to Concerns have emerged at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) that FE and skills providers may have been claiming funding… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government U-turn over GCSE entry requirement for early years educator apprenticeship The government has backed down on its GCSE entry requirement plans for early years educator apprenticeships. It had been… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Details of long-awaited new Esol quals finalised Details of long-awaited new English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) qualifications due to run from next month have… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News New ad campaign tells youngsters to ‘get in’ to apprenticeships and ‘go far’ The government and top employers have today launched a ‘Get In, Go Far’ TV advertising campaign for apprenticeships as… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Selective free school head comes under fire from college principal for ‘complete untruth’ over A-level claims The principal of a London sixth form college has hit back at a nearby head teacher’s claim in the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 829 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
