Skills reform Skills England penned in by DfE capture, say critics In-housing skills could damage credibility with employers Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Awarding Scots regulator rapped over building site safety malpractice Ofqual found a failure to ‘rigorously’ investigate malpractice at the Scottish regulator and awarding body’s assessment centres in England Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y FE workforce Long read Could an FE review body finally end teacher pay snubs? Sector leaders are discussing how a pay review body could close the salary gap between school and FE teachers Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Apprenticeships Starts fell for most apprenticeships after ‘exceptional’ funding review Care worker apprenticeships dived the most Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Politics Treat colleges and schools fairly on any NI reform, unions say Colleges were snubbed last time round Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Inclusion Suicide risk over SEND confusion, coroner warns ‘I am concerned this creates or increases the risk of avoidable suicidality developing’ Billy Camden 1y Chaminda Jayanetti 1y Skills reform ‘Uncertainty’ frustrated £2.6bn skills fund delivery, report finds Comes months before UKSPF contract ‘cliff-edge’ Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y News Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the… Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Colleges, Politics EPI outlines ‘clear picture’ that college finances are worse than unis Think tank urges Labour not to forget FE amid HE financial crisis talks Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Adult education, Colleges FE Commissioner’s verdict on 2 struggling colleges and a council Intervention reports shed more light on NewVIc conflict, reveal how a college nearly ran out of cash and that… Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y FE workforce DfE scores with Sky Sports-style ads for FE Research shows increased interest in FE teaching since the campaign’s launch in 2022 Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Colleges Colleges to manage student parents’ childcare claims Portal to submit claims will be shut down from next year Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 854 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 18h Josh Mellor 18h 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
