Apprenticeships, Assessment Apprentices to take ‘integrated’ EPA and mandatory qual assessment New guidance on mandatory qualifications could see fewer apprentices drop out early Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges Revealed: 42 colleges and schools share £140m capacity cash ahead of demographic spike Additional 260,000 students aged 16 to 19 expected to participate in education in the coming years Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform Funding rate boost for next round of higher technical skills injection fund Up to £48.8m is on offer over the next two years Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Higher education UCAS chief executive Marches on Clare Marchant will leave the organisation to lead the University of Gloucestershire Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y SEND Revealed: The 21 experts to oversee roll-out of SEND reforms Board members tasked with holding government to account for ‘timely development and improvement’ of SEND system Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Ofsted Training firm rated ‘inadequate’ kept contract despite sexual harassment reports The provider has now “established a culture of safeguarding”, Ofsted said. Joshua Stein 3y Joshua Stein 3y Assessment The key trends in 2023 GCSE and A-level entries Boost in popularity for maths, computing and classical subjects, but language and creative subjects in trouble Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Colleges, Staff Ballot set for country-wide college strikes Unless colleges come up with a ‘decent’ pay offer, ballots will begin in September Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Colleges The 16 ‘old and tired’ college buildings getting a £600m revamp The estates have ‘some of the worst condition need in England’ Joshua Stein 3y Joshua Stein 3y News AQA look at ‘Duolingo-style’ test for GCSE resitters It follows calls from union ASCL for a ‘passport’ in maths and English Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Colleges Tributes to ‘brilliant and generous’ former Nottingham college principal Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb was the first ever FE college principal to be awarded a damehood Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Care apprenticeships could be in line for bigger funding boost, and more from SEG conference Ofsted also revealed it is reviewing the implementation of the education inspection framework Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Newer 1 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo Qualifications Exclusive 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo