Author: Billy Camden

Education secretary Gavin Williamson announced on Wednesday that schools and colleges will only stay open from Friday afternoon until further notice for vulnerable children and those of “key workers”. The government has now released a list of who falls into these two categories (in full below). Children of key workers who are aged up to […]

A large college group in London is launching “Food Bank Friday” in an effort to combat food shortages for the most vulnerable people across the capital. Panic shoppers in England have emptied supermarket shelves and hoarded goods amid the Covid-19 outbreak and food banks that rely on donations have been left struggling to stay open, […]

Colleges will have to keep campuses open to vulnerable children and those of “key workers” indefinitely, including during the holidays, while most people go on an unprecedented nationwide shutdown. On Wednesday, education secretary Gavin Williamson called on providers to be on the forefront of the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis, insisting they will be […]

Ministers have been urged to guarantee training providers’ income and for the Department for Education to relax funding rules during the Covid-19 outbreak. Association of Employment and Learning Providers chief executive Mark Dawe has asked officials to honour non-levy and other funding contracts, including European Social Fund and subcontracts regardless of performance. He also called […]

The awarding bodies designing the first three T-levels have called on the government to delay their rollout by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, FE Week can reveal. Pearson and NCFE have agreed with the Federation of Awarding Bodies that their launch should be combined with wave two and begin in September 2021 instead […]

Independent training providers should close their doors from Friday afternoon until further notice like schools and colleges, the apprenticeships and skills minister has confirmed. However, if a provider is going out to employers’ premises, if they are still allowed to, then this can continue alongside remote training and development. Department for Education minister Gillian Keegan […]

All colleges in England are “expected” to close from Friday as the government steps up its attempts to contain the coronavirus. GCSE and A-level exams will also not take place as planned in May and June. Education secretary Gavin Williamson made the announcements in the House of Commons this afternoon, where he  committed to continue […]

Poor forecasting and management of an £80 million investment in a new building put a college in “crisis mode” and its future at “significant risk”, the FE Commissioner has found. Richmond upon Thames College has been placed in supervised college status and it might now need to pursue a merger in order to survive. In […]