Adult education Bankrupt council won’t lose adult education service The city council is the second largest recipient of AEB funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y News Exclusive Capita exits adult education citing ‘market conditions’ Major outsourcing firm also significantly reduces apprenticeship delivery Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Exclusive 6% of apprenticeship providers eligible for ‘ludicrous’ expert group Leaders hit out at DfE’s ‘dangerous’ pilot name and strict criteria that excludes most providers Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Colleges ‘Pyromaniac’ student set fire to college to avoid exam Student given a suspended sentence after lawyer said there was no ‘intent to harm’ anyone Joshua Stein 3y Joshua Stein 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Transforming Digital Learning with Apple Exeter College’s transformation into an Apple Authorized Training Centre for Education has not only enriched student learning but also… academia 3y Academia 3y Skills reform, Young people 155,000 young people to ‘fall through the gap’ left by BTECs, report warns ‘Desperate’ ministers also accused of misusing data to overstate performance of T Levels Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships DfE to appoint ‘expert’ apprenticeship training providers Stringent criteria will eliminate many of the largest from applying Anviksha Patel 3y Anviksha Patel 3y Ofsted IT training provider scoops first Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Baltic Apprenticeships praised for ‘substantial improvements’, including tackling the number of apprenticeship drop outs Joshua Stein 3y Joshua Stein 3y Higher education Office for Students slammed for lack of political independence HE regulator ‘driven by the ebb and flow of short-term political priorities and media headlines’ Joshua Stein 3y Joshua Stein 3y EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023 12/09/2023 Find out more Skills reform Two decades of skills policies haven’t improved productivity, says report Failure to boost lower and intermediate-level skills is harming UK productivity Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted won’t inspect education settings on DfE’s RAAC list Affected providers ‘will not be selected for inspection during the term’ unless Ofsted has ‘concerns’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden and Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 854 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
