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Government promises prison education service is coming – but when?

In-cell technology is set to be expanded and new employment advisors in prisons are being introduced

News, Prison education

Ofsted’s 2020/21 annual report: FE and skills hit ‘particularly hard’ by Covid

Ofsted has today published its annual stocktake of education for the 2020/21 academic year, which saw inspection activity mostly put on hold due to Covid-19. But reflecting on the year, the watchdog says the further education and skills sector was hit “particularly hard” by the pandemic. “Many apprentices found themselves furloughed, or out of work […]

News, Ofsted

The FE Week Podcast: Adult training reforms, degree apprenticeships and the new shadow education secretary

In this episode, Shane is joined by Mary Curnock Cook, chair of Pearson and former chief executive at UCAS, Eddie Playfair at the Association of Colleges and Asfa Sohail, principal at Lewisham College. Are adult training reforms happening fast enough? Are universities struggling to deliver degree apprenticeships? And with a new shadow education secretary, what […]

Opinion, Podcasts, Podcasts, FE Week Podcast

Top civil servant offers reassurance to T Level students unable to find placements

The DfE has insisted all T Level students will complete the majority of their placement

News, T Levels

Employer-led skills bodies must be open to scrutiny

Conservative ministers have had to defend against Labour questions around new powers for employers in directing provision

Opinion, Skills reform

NHS called on to aid T Level placements crisis

Colleges running digital T Levels are facing challenges in finding placements with employers

News, T Levels

New shadow ed sec to push Zahawi on Omicron plans

The new shadow education secretary has requested an “urgent briefing” from her opposite number Nadhim Zahawi about how government will respond to the Omicron variant’s impact on education. Bridget Phillipson was appointed on Monday to replace Kate Green in a reshuffle by Sir Keir Starmer of his frontbench team. In her first interview, she told […]

News

Move into apprenticeships loses university’s ‘outstanding’ ranking

A university has lost its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade following a move into the apprenticeships market. Kingston University dropped to ‘good’ in its first visit from the watchdog since 2015. Grade one education providers are being inspected this term for the first time since 2010, after an exemption was removed last year. This week’s report for […]

News, Ofsted

‘Inconsistent quality’ of degree apprenticeships at university slammed

The courses suffer because they are managed within individual faculties, according to Ofsted

News, Ofsted