Apprenticeships, Colleges, skills

Public Accounts Committee warns skills system is ‘failing to deliver’

Committee recommends review of apprenticeship levy among its findings

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The FE Commissioner has also claimed some T Level courses have been withdrawn because colleges haven't been able to...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

Colleges spill the beans on Ofsted’s first local skills needs inspections

College leaders explain how Ofsted's skills inspections work

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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
Adult education, Colleges

London’s City Lit halts online lessons until new year after ‘IT disruption’

Online lessons at City Lit have been cancelled until the new year, but face to face lessons continue

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Long read

Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide?

From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Politics

Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests

Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution

Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework

Jason Noble
Jason Noble