News Ofqual consults on ESOL Regulations that govern foreign learners of English could be scrapped. Ofqual is considering three options for the future of… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Ofsted plans complaint change Ofsted is looking at slashing 25 days off its time limit for accepting complaints about inspections and publishing reports… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Cautious welcome for GCSE change Education Secretary Michael Gove’s plans to cull coursework by axing GCSEs for a new English baccalaureate have been welcomed… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Focus on ‘Deptford not Delhi’ says Ofsted chief Colleges could be at risk of focusing on international opportunities to the detriment of home-grown learners, Ofsted chief inspector… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Failed Skills Funding Agency research tender ‘ridiculous’ A 33-day timescale for research into a new payments regime for adult learning has been branded “ridiculous” by an… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Plans for audit of ‘rip-off’ provider fees shelved Plans for a government clampdown on “rip-off” provider fees have been shelved as industry leaders look at self-regulation. The… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Group Training Associations ‘the answer to skills gap’ A dying breed of business link-ups offering their own apprenticeships could hold the key to bridging the country’s skills… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News AoC ban delegates from tweeting A Twitter ban at Sir Michael Wilshaw’s Ofsted conference was defended by organisers as a “courtesy to the press”…. FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News Another student satisfaction website launches A new Ofsted website measuring student satisfaction has entered the market, prompting concerns of a clash with the Skills… FE Week Reporter 13y FE Week Reporter 13y News SFA funding research fails to attract any bids The Skills Funding Agency has failed to attract a single bid on its tender for research into a new… FE Week 13y FE Week 13y News Jason Holt ‘disappointed’ by official snub Entrepreneur Jason Holt has told of his disappointment that the government has not taken heed of his recommendations that… FE Week 13y FE Week 13y News ‘Worrying’ 40% of providers miss apprenticeship data target Hundreds of providers are failing to hit a government target for keeping a check on whether new apprentices have… FE Week 13y FE Week 13y Newer 1 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 829 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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