Author: Billy Camden

The government has pledged to introduce legislation to support its lifetime skills guarantee policy and enable flexible training throughout people’s lives in the Queen’s speech today. In her address to the state opening of Parliament, the monarch also promised that ministers would address lost learning during the pandemic. Last night, Downing Street confirmed that a […]

Students will no longer wear face masks in school and college from next week, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The recommendation that masks be worn in classrooms and by learners in communal areas will be lifted from May 17. However, the rule that staff and other adults wear face coverings in situations where social distancing is […]

Ofsted will review the impact its inspection framework has on staff wellbeing and the government has promised not to publish guidance outside of working hours as part of a new charter unveiled today. The Department for Education and Ofsted have made 12 commitments as part of the new education staff wellbeing charter. From the autumn, […]

A college is being threatened with education administration following a £20 million apprenticeship subcontracting scandal, FE Week understands. Brooklands College has failed to file accounts for the past two years amid an ongoing clawback dispute with the Education and Skills Funding Agency and budgetary pressures. Andrew Baird, one of the government’s paid national leaders of […]

One of England’s largest training providers has been rapped by Ofsted for serious safeguarding failures in its early years provision. The watchdog also claims the company, part of a global venture capital firm incorporated in the US, is under investigation by another agency. Ofsted’s announced safeguarding inspection of GP Strategies Training took place in February […]

A decision on whether one of England’s most popular apprenticeships can keep its degree element has been kicked into the long grass. The level 6 digital technology solutions professional integrated degree standard is set for change under the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s route review process. A revised version of the apprenticeship was supposed […]

An adult residential college is facing a financial crisis that threatens its survival following a funding audit and government review.  Northern College, rated grade one by Ofsted with ‘outstanding’ financial health, is locked in a legal dispute with the Education and Skills Funding Agency following claims it has made “errors” worth £1.2 million across 2018/19 […]

This morning on the last day of FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference a panel debated the “inclusion revolution” and why diversity and inclusion is critical for the future success of UK businesses. Watch the session, which featured comedian and ‘the guilty feminist’ podcaster Deobrah Frances-White, below. Debate title: The inclusion revolution | Why diversity and […]