Awarding

AQA takes over vocational awarding body TQUK

Acquiring Training Qualifications UK will be a boost to AQA in the vocational awarding and apprenticeship end point...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Traineeships

Ending traineeships makes room for something better

A simpler and more responsive landscape of programmes for young people can only be a good thing, writes Stephen...

Shane Chowen
Stephen Evans
Traineeships

Ending traineeships could be devastating for young learners

Ending traineeships could be devastating, especially for entry level learners and specialist training providers, writes Jane Hickie

Shane Chowen
Jane Hickie
Ofsted

Ofsted annual report: Staff shortages hampering quality

Here's what we learned from the latest Ofsted annual report, covering the first year of inspections since the pandemic

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, FE Commissioner

Subcontracting and ‘too comfortable’ governors top FE Commissioner concerns for colleges

The FE Commissioner has also claimed some T Level courses have been withdrawn because colleges haven't been able to...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Wintery conditions cause dozens of college campuses to close

Plummeting temperatures, snowy downpours and travel disruption have caused dozens of colleges to close campuses and move lessons online...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Traineeships

Traineeships scrapped amid years of low starts

Training providers have slammed the move, calling it 'disastrous' and have called for an immediate reversal

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Sustainability

Smaller colleges cold-shouldered by energy capital funding

New energy capital funding announced this week was allocated based on learner numbers rather than need, which some leaders...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Higher education

‘Frightening’ freedom of speech bill laws dropped

Debates on the freedom of speech bill have barely mentioned providers of higher education other than universities, but the...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen