Adult education Refugee and coffee shop owner among adult learning award finalists London’s second Adult Learning Awards, sponsored by FE Week and Ascentis, is less than two weeks away Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Transform your ESOL learners’ English language skills through ESB’s external assessments High-quality externally assessed ESOL Skills for Life qualifications that accurately measure language proficiency Advertorial 2y English Speaking Board (International) Ltd 2y Colleges York College principal steps down due to health reasons Lee Probert has left with immediate effect Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Teach Inspire Create: A conference to explore the future of creative education! Don’t miss UAL Awarding Body’s Teach Inspire Create Conference 2023, as it returns this November! If you are a… Shane Mann 2y UAL Awarding Body 2y Skills reform DfE plans ‘classification’ tool to fix ‘fragmented and deficient’ skills system New system would also help employers be ‘more innovative and flexible’ Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Colleges, FE workforce Strikes: Government to introduce minimum service levels in colleges DfE says if a voluntary agreement is not reached with unions, it will use powers through the new strikes… Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y News Exclusive Firm that took over Learndirect owes ‘large debt’ to ESFA, liquidators reveal Audit finds ‘ineligible funding claims’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Provider won max national AEB allocation after appeal Portland Training awarded £2.5m in DfE’s controversial tender Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Young people Confirmed: DfE will chop all courses that compete with wave 3 T Levels Experts say the reforms have ‘no credibility left’ after Advanced British Standard announcement Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Young people ‘Worrying’: Out of work and training 18-year-olds hits highest rate since 2009 Overall proportion of 16-18s not in education, employment or training (NEET) also rises Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Higher education Uni foundation year numbers up 700% in 10 years New figures reveal foundation year courses are less likely to improve incomes Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges RAAC confirmed at 2 more colleges, says DfE Number of total cases in education settings up to 214 Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Newer 1 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
