Apprenticeships, Long read

1 in 10 established apprenticeships fail to recruit a single apprentice

Employers speak out about “risk averse” training providers and “complex processes” preventing apprenticeship recruitment

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

People pay billions more for training than employers and government, research claims

Time to Learn report proposes fresh action to encourage learning

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
WorldSkills

UK team for EuroSkills 2023 finals announced

The UK’s young skills champions will head to Gdańsk, Poland, to compete later this year

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
News

AoC doubles down on refusal to make college pay proposal

Unions left ‘deeply disappointed’ as association passes the buck to government amid 15.4% staff pay rise demand

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

Land-for-homes sale ‘essential’ to keep college from closing

Insolvency warning if £45m redevelopment falls through

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

First FE Commissioner intervention report published in over a year

Troubled adult residential college praised for efforts to tackle safety concerns

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Colleges

MP urges struggling college to hit the brakes on campus closure

‘Underutilised’ site to shut to save on costs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment

Exams: Some colleges ‘unnecessarily’ doing too many ‘plan B’ tests

‘Small number’ of colleges have ‘created a large number of new and additional mock exams and assessments’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

UCU boss agrees to pay damages over ‘reckless’ tweets

Jo Grady agrees payout to Paul Embery over tweets last summer

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Ofsted

Catholic sixth form college stays ‘outstanding’ after 15-year inspection gap

The college’s student population almost doubled in that time

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Awarding, Qualifications

First approved digital functional skills awarding body revealed

New courses set to be launched in August 2023

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Long read, Skills reform

Investigation: Why care training is in crisis, and the solutions are falling short

The social care system is at breaking point with more than 165,000 vacancies. The government wants more apprentices to…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill