Skills reform Unit for Future Skills’ ‘useful to a point’ £2.5m spend in 15 months Experts say staff costs are a “reasonable amount” of spending but users highlight some teething problems Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Apprenticeships Exclusive Revealed: Funding band changes from IfATE’s ‘top’ 100 review… so far 59 apprenticeship reviews complete, but other 41 standards yet to be identified Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Incoming Ofsted chief ‘misled’ MPs Sir Martyn Oliver under fire after academy trust exclusion claims FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Colleges AoC advises colleges to match 6.5% school teacher pay rise Colleges with fewer 16-18 year-olds will find pay recommendation unmanageable, leaders warn Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y News Mark’s out the AELP Dawe: Former CEO quits board He served 7 months of a new 4-year term Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Careers, Colleges Careers: Colleges will be ‘expected’ to report Gatsby progress DfE plans ‘digital front door’ for online guidance as it signals move to ‘unified’ careers system Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Retail apprenticeships provider ‘disappointed’ after Ofsted grade 4 Inspectors critiqued Northern Training Academy’s ‘poor’ training to big-name retailers Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Colleges RAAC: DfE lists 3 more affected colleges Government reveals 174 education settings have now identified the crumbly concrete Joshua Stein 3y Joshua Stein 3y Skills reform Lifelong loan entitlement changes name and gains royal assent DfE also launches £5m competition to grant fund tuition fees for HTQ modular students in 2023/24 and 2024/25 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Long read, Skills reform Long read LSIPS: a chance to change, or a chance missed? Gillian Keegan is determined that local skills improvement plans will ease the nation’s skills crisis. Jessica Hill lifts the… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Tributes paid following sudden death of ‘energetic’ deputy principal The former media lecturer rose through the ranks to become deputy principal in a college career spanning over 20… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y News Missing AEB contract award finally made public Saga adds to concern about the whole procurement process Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 854 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
