News

MPs urge DfE to ‘urgently’ raise the 16-18 rate and develop a 10-year funding plan

The government must “urgently address the damage that has been done” to FE by raising the 16 to 18...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted watch: Unimpressive week for new private providers

Five early monitoring reports for independent providers returned ‘insufficient’ ratings this week, with Ofsted finding some have not recruited...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Eleventh UTC to close after student numbers almost halve

An ‘inadequate’ university technical college is to close just four years after opening as it is “no longer financially...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted misses FE inspection target by more than 10%

Ofsted missed its inspection target for FE providers by 11 per cent this year – the biggest miss out...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Revealed: Learner satisfaction scores for 2018/19

Overall learner satisfaction with FE providers slightly increased this year, according to new government figures. The Department for Education...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Rollout of national retraining scheme gets underway

The government has finally revealed details of the first phase of the national retraining scheme, with the launch of...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

The new head of the IfATE must address the quality assurance conundrum

It’ll be an overflowing in-tray for Jennifer Coupland, but Tom Bewick believes he knows the most urgent task The...

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Tom Bewick
News

Nearly a dozen unions challenge college for union reps after lecturer sacked

Ten trade unions are involved in a dispute with a cash-strapped college that trains “thousands” of their members each...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education announces new chief executive

The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is top skills civil servant Jennifer Coupland....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden