Colleges Brooklands can stand alone, says FE Commissioner Decision ends 6 years of direct oversight for the college Billy Camden 9h Billy Camden 9h Apprenticeships, Ofsted DfE sets out apprenticeship intervention rules for new Ofsted regime Sanctions on poor-performing training providers will be considered on a case-by-case basis as Ofsted’s new inspection regime beds in Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d English and maths, Skills reform Francis review prompts DfE shake-up of English and maths accountability measures Review response also reveals incoming guidance for colleges on enrichment Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Colleges ‘£379m’ in college capital cash will return to Treasury via ‘penalising’ VAT rules Academies were granted VAT exemptions in 2011 Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Higher education Limited understanding: OfS grants degree powers to wrong LTE Group OfS makes gaffe on the wrong gaff Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Apprenticeships Providers must join official register to offer new ‘apprenticeship units’ DWP skills director also confirms new short course content will come from existing apprenticeship standards Billy Camden 2d Billy Camden 2d Adult education, Lifelong Learning Ed Balls among inaugural Get the Nation Learning award winners Former politician and broadcast production company recognised for lifelong learning commitments Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d Skills reform 1-week apprenticeship ‘units’, and 5 other things we learned from Smith’s white paper briefing Skills minister also defends adult education plans and explains the need to introduce laws that ban ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders Billy Camden 3d Billy Camden and Josh Mellor 3d Ofsted High Court rejects NAHT’s Ofsted report card judicial review plea Leaders’ union ‘will now consider an appeal’ and will consult members about possibility of moving to industrial action Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d News, Webinar Unwrapping the White Paper – Live Stream Join FE Week live for Unwrapping the White Paper – a sector briefing with the Minister for Skills exploring… FE Week Reporter 4d FE Week Reporter 4d Adult education Exclusive Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 832 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
