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 FE workforce Sixth form college teachers add 4 more days of strike action NEU says members ‘will not back down’ from pay dispute with government Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Day in the life, Long read Profile A day in the life of an ESOL teacher The role is about so much more than teaching the language Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y FE workforce Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners Sixteen winners from early years, schools and colleges recognised FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Ofsted Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during ‘a period of significant challenges’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Apprenticeships Off-the-job ‘confusion’ sparks apprentice mental health warning Apprentices struggling with anxiety and stress from job and college demands, survey finds Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y FE workforce Restructure triggers fresh UCU staff strikes UCU claims strike action ‘undermines’ efforts to solve internal dispute Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Adult education Exclusive Multiply subtracted: Sunak’s flagship maths scheme to end DfE confirms public subsidy for the programme will cease next year Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships Ditching level 7 apprenticeships saves £240m, MPs told Spending figures from 2017 to 2024 revealed Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges Pearson and colleges agree truce over GCSE resits row Plans for a judicial review over this summer’s grade boundary hike have been dropped Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y FE workforce Sixth form college teachers march on Westminster Union members take pay fight to DfE HQ Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 16h Josh Mellor 16h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
