Suicide risk over SEND confusion, coroner warns ‘I am concerned this creates or increases the risk of avoidable suicidality developing’
EPI outlines ‘clear picture’ that college finances are worse than unis Think tank urges Labour not to forget FE amid HE financial crisis talks
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 DfE cut ties with an LA
DfE launches Skills England CEO job advert £130k role will be below director general level and post-holder expected to come from inside government or business
Apprenticeship starts grew in the month Labour took power AELP says August and September stats more likely to show extent of perceived ‘slowdown’ as full-year 2023/24 starts flatline
Ofqual issues £50k fine to EPAO but owner refuses to pay Dormant awarding body claims it is being used as a ‘sacrificial lamb’ as regulator shows off ‘fining power’ to the sector
172 college leaders make collective investment plea to chancellor Principals warn economic growth will be stifled without greater funding to build the FE workforce
OfS dishes out further £14m for level 6 degree apprenticeships expansion Comes a week after the government revealed plans to restrict level 7 apprenticeships