Office for Students, OfS, Politics

Independent review launched to check efficiency and governance of Office for Students

Comes months after Lords slam the higher education regulator for lack of independence

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

SEND apprenticeship mentor pilot planned by DfE

Trial will test the 'value of targeted and specific mentoring support for apprentices who have learning difficulties and disabilities'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofqual, Skills reform

Unique student identifiers should be compulsory across awarding bodies, say researchers

Ofqual backs idea that would make the delivery of student results ‘safer’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
T Levels

Awarding giants silent as bids open to run ‘Gen 2’ T Levels

A process to 'refresh' 7 existing T Levels launched last week

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

College ‘surprised’ at inspection just a year after ‘good’ result

'We were repeatedly told there had been no trigger and it was within the usual inspection cycle'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Ofsted

‘Inept’: Make UK speaks out after suppressing Ofsted

How a grade 4 report turned into a 2 in 7 months

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Provider that trains 5 apprentices judged ‘inadequate’

Inspectors find tutors lacking 'expertise' in apprenticeships and no vocational teaching

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

‘Underutilised’ college campus to reopen as specialist high needs centre

Principal 'delighted' to find 'sustainable solution' for the site after controversial closure

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

First T Levels relicensing tender launched

Awarding organisations sought to 'refresh and develop' those rolled out in waves 1 and 2

Billy Camden
Billy Camden