News

List of ‘key workers’ and vulnerable children revealed

Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Wednesday that schools and colleges will only stay open from Friday afternoon until...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College group launches Food Bank Friday

A large college group in London is launching “Food Bank Friday” in an effort to combat food shortages for...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

In the absence of official ‘clarity and certainty’ – what does the FE sector know tonight?

UPDATE 20/03/20: The government has now publish key worker guidance here, a Q & A here and information for...

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NICK LINFORD
News

College campuses must remain open indefinitely in response to coronavirus crisis

Colleges will have to keep campuses open to vulnerable children and those of “key workers” indefinitely, including during the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Training providers demand income guarantee and relaxation of funding rules

Ministers have been urged to guarantee training providers’ income and for the Department for Education to relax funding rules...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

T-level assessment organisations call for 12 month delay

The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Training providers should also close their doors from Friday, minister tells AELP

Independent training providers should close their doors from Friday afternoon until further notice like schools and colleges, the apprenticeships...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Coronavirus: Colleges ‘expected’ to close from Friday

All colleges in England are “expected” to close from Friday as the government steps up its attempts to contain...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FE Commissioner reveals how £80m rebuild and ‘significant failures’ put college’s future at risk

Poor forecasting and management of an £80 million investment in a new building put a college in “crisis mode”...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden