News Mayors’ use of AEB powers ‘disappointing’, says ex No 10 adviser Ex skills advisers Alison Wolf and Michael Barber will share their insider perspectives on how further education and skills… FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Apprenticeships Halfon threatens low achieving apprenticeship providers Minister warns of growth limitations and market exits for providers showing ‘insufficient improvement’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships, Higher education OfS awards further £14m for degree apprenticeships expansion Weston College wins £1.1 million in latest round of OfS degree apprenticeships funding Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Politics, Young people ‘Clunky’ Advanced British Standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for students, leaders warn Ministers accused of ‘putting the cart before the horse’ with 16-19 reform plans Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Ofsted Ofsted: ‘Constrained’ funding could ‘compromise’ inspection reliability Watchdog’s chair warns actions to absorb rising costs are a ‘short-term fix’ and will likely ‘store up cost pressures’ FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Colleges, Ofsted Second consecutive ‘outstanding’ for Catholic sixth form college St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College retains top marks 7 years after previous inspection Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships Sunak to scrap SME co-investment for young apprentices PM will also increase apprenticeship levy transfers up to 50% Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships Who cares? Funding boost won’t spark renaissance in care apprenticeships Nearly 200 training providers have stopped delivering care apprenticeships since 2019 Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Young people Exclusive DfE could step in if T Level fee hikes hit college budgets Awarding bodies can charge colleges higher fees if gen 2 T Levels under-recruit Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’ ‘To say this is the wrong priority is an understatement, and smacks of rearranging the deckchairs while the Titanic… Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges Procurement paused on college antisemitism training Procurement of £7 million to tackle antisemitism in education now has “arbitrary” closing date of 2030 Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Newer 1 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 850 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
