Politics, Skills reform ESFA to close in March 2025 Another education-related quango bites the dust with agency’s functions to be absorbed by DfE FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y WorldSkills 2024, WorldSkills UK Macron declares WorldSkills 2024 officially open Macron led rousing speeches, Team UK flew the flag in front of thousands and much more from the opening… Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges, Students A third of colleges reported a death by suicide in past year, survey finds Leaders call for more support through Labour’s new children’s wellbeing bill Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y WorldSkills 2024 Watch live: WorldSkills 2024 opening ceremony Cheer on Team UK as they fly the flag alongside mainstage performances and an address from President Macron at… Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Politics Revealed: The three candidates for education committee chair Two former children’s minister and disability rights campaigner compete for influential job Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y WorldSkills 2024 WorldSkills 2028 host country revealed Delegates at the WorldSkills general assembly have voted on who to host the 2028 competition – with Japan winning… Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y WorldSkills 2024 Team UK land in Lyon for WorldSkills FE Week is on location in Lyon as members of Team UK make final preparations for a week of… Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Long read, Skills reform Long read Can Skills England really fix our broken skills system? Labour quango Skills England has a mission to boost growth by fixing skills gaps, but how can it swerve the… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Ofsted Ofsted’s website shows FE sub-judgments for first time The move comes four months after the watchdog made the same change to schools’ profiles Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Young people BTEC review terms kept secret despite transparency pleas Publishing the terms of its review could have a ‘corrosive’ effect on good government, the DfE argues Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted Coffey with Camden: Spilling the beans on Ofsted reforms A Q&A with the inspectorate’s COO Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges, Students Exclusive Twice as many students suspended in colleges since Covid Never-before-seen data reveals the scale of exclusions and suspensions in FE Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Newer 1 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 848 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
