social mobility Barber to lead region’s social mobility taskforce Government advisor and college and university chiefs are among members for new commission Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y DfE FE financial risks “de-escalated” says DfE Annual report and accounts says FE financial risks are still monitored however Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Skills reform New ‘simpler’ skills funding model delayed Changes to skills funding for adults and a new set of community learning objectives have been put back to… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships, Skills reform IfATE unveils plans to integrate professional qualifications with EPAs A 10-week consultation on proposals has been launched Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Apprenticeships: The ticket to your dream career VTCT’s Business Development Manager for Apprenticeships, Jody Jones, tells you all you need to know about being an Apprentice VTCT 3y VTCT 3y Results 2022 Pearson and OCR reports explain 2022 VTQ results delays Covid-19 adaptations and inexperienced exam officers were among the issues Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofqual, Results 2022 Summer results delays affected nearly 21,000 students, Ofqual review finds Exams watchdog unveils five-point plan to avoid repeat of 2022 results delays Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Covid-19 EPI warns of widening disadvantage gap for 16-19 learners Report prompts renewed calls for 16-19 pupil premium equivalent Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Awarding AQA takes over vocational awarding body TQUK Acquiring Training Qualifications UK will be a boost to AQA in the vocational awarding and apprenticeship end point… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships, Colleges, skills Public Accounts Committee warns skills system is ‘failing to deliver’ Committee recommends review of apprenticeship levy among its findings Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, T Levels, Traineeships Five findings from Halfon’s education committee appearance Traineeships and T Levels were among the topics of discussion Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Ofsted annual report: Staff shortages hampering quality Here’s what we learned from the latest Ofsted annual report, covering the first year of inspections since the pandemic Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Newer 1 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 812 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3d Jessica Hill 3d Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
