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Dr Shaid Mahmood, chair of the Luminate Group, is appointed as the new Association of Colleges chair

School leaders' union urges government to ensure that heads are not expected to contact Covid cases after 22 December

This English teacher started her first job three weeks before the March lockdown – and while it has been a bumpy ride, there is light at the end of the tunnel

The Department for Education has commissioned Ofsted to carry out a 'thematic survey' on T levels

Teaching union says it is doubtful suggested regional disadvantage plan would work, while shadow education secretary Kate Green says DfE delay means exams will be less fair in 2021

As the UK's negotiations with Brussels are in the final stages and the end of the transition period nears, here are five points for colleges to consider – none of them involving fish

Unions say college staff will be 'outraged' at the offer by the Association of Colleges, and it shows leaders cannot be trusted to spend public funds as intended

Some vocational qualifications will require more varied adaptations owing to the different qualification types, says the Department for Education

The current high-needs system is overly complicated and has a detrimental impact on students, research finds

Not returning to full inspections until the summer term was a 'common-sense decision', college leaders said

Scotland should not remain as an outlier – it must fully engage with the WorldSkills movement, says Roger Mullin

The government has failed to put measures in place to stop the spread of Covid-19 in colleges, says the NUS

Covid-19 has caused significant harm to the economy and jobs – and even with a vaccine, that won't go away, writes Nora Senior

Policymakers shouldn’t expect the resumption of 'normal life' to solve the apprenticeship system’s underlying shortcomings, says Andy Norman

Too often colleges are overlooked – FE leaders need to harness soft power to raise the sector's profile, says Ian Pryce

Three key challenges facing the UK can be tackled by colleges – if they're seen as strategic partners, says David Hughes

Ofsted will carry out 'some activity' in January, but the deputy director for FE and skills does not expect this to include graded inspections

Amanda Spielman defends plan to send inspectors back into schools for the inspectorate's autumn visits

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman says she does not expect Ofsted to return to graded school inspections in January

Ofsted published its annual report today – setting out its findings during inspections and visits over the last year

Last week's GCSE data wasn't good news – it shows how the exams debacle affected colleges, says Ben Gadsby, from Impetus

Businesses in Scotland will receive apprenticeship support significantly above what is available in England, Nicola Sturgeon has said

Vodafone has announced it is extending its schools.connected programme to reach another 100,000 young people – and colleges can now take part

As of 31 July 2020, 35 colleges and other institutions were subject to FE commissioner intervention – including 19 colleges that remained in intervention from the 2018-19 reporting year