Politics Jacqui Smith: 10 facts about the new skills, FE and HE minister Roles have not been officially announced, but Smith confirmed her brief in a recent podcast ahead of a college… Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Higher education OfS chair Lord Wharton suddenly resigns The political independence of the HE regulator has been criticised under Wharton’s tenure Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Awarding, T Levels NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T Level exam fiasco Awarding body has taken measures to ensure errors will not happen again Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y WorldSkills 2024 Call for WorldSkills winner cash prizes FE Week investigates how other countries reward their WorldSkills medal winners Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Politics Damian Hinds named shadow education secretary Former schools minister and education secretary will shadow Bridget Phillipson’s new DfE team Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Politics No ‘quick and easy solutions’ to ‘major’ challenges, Phillipson warns education sector Labour’s 6,500 new teachers pledge will apply to colleges, according to a letter from the new education secretary Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Long read, Qualification fraud Investigation How fake skills cards have opened the door to building site blaggers The person purporting to be Adam Philip showed me “evidence” the CSCS card he was selling would evade anti-fraud… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Colleges, Long read Evans’ quality drive that took him from cars to Cornwall People-focused principal tells Shane Chowen that too much teaching is bad for teachers and a college’s bottom line Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Politics Former home sec Jacqui Smith expected to become skills and FE minister Former Labour home secretary Jacqui Smith will return to government FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Apprenticeships UCAS scoring plan for apprenticeships draws criticism Two university groups have criticised the admissions body’s proposals to award points based on the length of the apprenticeship Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Politics ‘The proudest day of my life’: Phillipson’s full speech to DfE staff Education secretary says she has ‘greatest job in government’, but warns of ‘scale of the challenge ahead’ FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Politics Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new education secretary What we know about the minister handed the keys to the Department for Education Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Newer 1 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
