Colleges FE Commissioner celebrates ‘great year’ for colleges in annual report The report was unusually silent on major sector issues Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Office for Students, OfS, Politics Independent review launched to check efficiency and governance of Office for Students Comes months after Lords slam the higher education regulator for lack of independence Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y News Advanced British Standard consultation: What you need to know Ministers seek views on plans for new 16 to 19 qualification Shane Chowen 1y John Dickens and Shane Chowen 1y News SEND apprenticeship mentor pilot planned by DfE Trial will test the ‘value of targeted and specific mentoring support for apprentices who have learning difficulties and disabilities’ Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofqual, Skills reform Unique student identifiers should be compulsory across awarding bodies, say researchers Ofqual backs idea that would make the delivery of student results ‘safer’ Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Community Learning, Long read Long read Family learning: Where next for the ‘hidden jewel’ of adult education? Family learning programmes have had to fight for survival in a competitive funding environment that demands quantifiable outcomes for… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y T Levels Awarding giants silent as bids open to run ‘Gen 2’ T Levels A process to ‘refresh’ 7 existing T Levels launched last week Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Feature, News Exclusive ETF pledges whole-sector movement to professionalise FE staff A new strategy from the FE improvement body commits to better serve independent and adult learning organisations Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Training Providers Exclusive LCG case latest: DfE defends overruling AEB tender scores Marks awarded for an AEB tender question were overruled as part of quality assurance, DfE claims Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News Overseas FE teachers exempt from new immigration earnings thresholds Ministers claim reforms would encourage ‘big business’ to invest in training for domestic workers Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted College ‘surprised’ at inspection just a year after ‘good’ result ‘We were repeatedly told there had been no trigger and it was within the usual inspection cycle’ Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Ofsted Exclusive ‘Inept’: Make UK speaks out after suppressing Ofsted How a grade 4 report turned into a 2 in 7 months Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
