Billy Camden | FE Week

BTECs: 118 MPs and Lords call on new education secretary to rethink cull

‘It is perfectly possible for T Levels, A-levels and BTECs to co-exist’, insist cross-party group

Thousands of adults to be offered free new technical courses – but 2 regions miss out

Institutes of Technology will offer 65 new short and modular courses later this month

Revealed: Over 100 colleges and unis to share £18m fund to expand higher technical quals

The names of more than 100 FE and HE providers to win a slice of an £18 million ‘growth fund‘ to invest in technical education equipment have been revealed. Colleges and universities receiving the funding will be able to by new kit such as virtual reality goggles, therapeutic play equipment for children, and air quality […]

College principal to become government’s new Social Mobility Commission deputy

Alun Francis expected to be second-in-command to Katharine Birbalsingh – head of the country’s ‘strictest school’

Red tape forces small firms to turn their backs on apprenticeship cash incentives

The scheme this week received its second extension from the chancellor  

Ofsted finds safety concerns at SEND charity

‘Improvements are under way, leaders promise

DfE earmarks £3.3m for team of insolvency and fraud lawyers

They will advise on ‘financially distressed’ colleges and ITPs for the DfE’s provider market oversight division

DfE does ‘too much procurement’, top civil servant admits

Keith Smith signals the DfE is looking to move away from tendering for independent training providers. 

Young people hit hardest again in full-year apprenticeship figures

Apprenticeship starts for the whole of 2020/21 grew marginally on the previous year