We must build to deliver our city’s big reconstruction goals The plans for Bradford’s regeneration are huge but physical capacity is holding our college back, says Chris Webb
The industrial strategy is quietly remaking skills policy We should get used to priority sectors getting first dibs on limited new skills funding, writes Mike Crowhurst
Think tank calls for FE-style franchising crackdown in HE Planned DfE reforms to franchising amount to ‘regulatory negligence’, says The Post-18 Project
Ofqual publishes ‘flexible’ apprenticeship assessment rules Watchdog sets out how it will do away with end point assessment and monitor training providers marking their own apprentices
FE Commissioner: Beware of ‘hero’ principals and ‘dominant’ chairs Natspec’s annual conference also hears that the future of post-19 EHCPs ‘has not been agreed’ ahead of major SEND reform white papers
Government ends college decarbonisation grants scheme Programme to lower college energy bills will not be awarding any more grants, it has been confirmed
How to become a technical excellence college Eligibility criteria include ratings for teaching quality, financial health and construction credentials
FE Week 500: Further education doesn’t stand still, and nor will we In a sector too often overlooked, FE Week has stood firm, independent, impartial and committed to great journalism. That’s what 500 editions have been about
No podium without pipeline: Formula 1 offers unlikely blueprint to tackle skills divide Alice Gardner distils lessons from F1’s proactive education partnerships for the rest of the skills sector