Apprenticeships
Employers threaten to launch petition if officials continue to reject apprenticeship proposal
Billy Camden
Colleges, Higher education
The Office for Students deemed NCG worthy to award bachelors and masters degrees indefinitely this month
Shane Chowen
SEND
Expert warns ‘most local authorities are trying to cut costs’ through post-16 SEND transport
Billy Camden
AEB, Colleges, Funding
Reduced funding given to providers who underperformed the most during Covid
Billy Camden
AI
Ministers also announced a new taskforce to look at what digital skills are needed for the future
Samantha Booth
Long read, Qualifications, Skills reform
High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica…
Jessica Hill
Ofsted
No more internal reviews, a direct line to a senior inspector and new complaint routes put forward
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges
Annual financial statements should be published by January 31, but several are still yet to surface
Billy Camden
Politics
Jenkyns was only skills minister for three months, but is to receive the gong in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours…
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Industrial action
Union members’ fight for fair pay continues
FE Week Reporter
Colleges, Pay
Colleges defend ‘high’ gap between FE principal and staff salaries. Unions say it cannot continue
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships, Ofsted, Training Providers
Extraordinary saga ends in grade 2 for apprenticeship firm
Billy Camden
