Awarding

Scots regulator rapped over building site safety malpractice

Ofqual found a failure to 'rigorously' investigate malpractice at the Scottish regulator and awarding body's assessment centres in England

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills reform

‘Uncertainty’ frustrated £2.6bn skills fund delivery, report finds

Comes months before UKSPF contract 'cliff-edge'

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
FE workforce

DfE scores with Sky Sports-style ads for FE

Research shows increased interest in FE teaching since the campaign's launch in 2022

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Young people

BGT’s Alesha’s singing the praises of ‘game changing’ T Levels

The philanthropist-funded campaign hopes to boost parents' confidence in the new qualification

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, Skills reform

Network Rail puts halted HS2 college site back on track

Few trained at the pricey, purpose-built national college building before it closed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges

‘Serious cashflow pressures’ put WCG in intervention

The college group's annual accounts are nine months late

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Young people

BTEC survival hope after Smith’s policy shift

Courses that 'overlap' with T Levels faced the cut under plans inherited from the Conservatives

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

DfE ‘tore up AEB contract due to apprenticeship row’

Private provider owner also claims adult education payments were withheld as officials recovered clawback

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Prison education

Young offenders denied legal right to education

Staff shortages are preventing both adults and children from attending education and training

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor