Apprenticeships

Construction training body takes wrecking ball to subcontracting

CITB also drops from Ofsted ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
News

New provider ‘power’ over EPAOs risks ‘race to the bottom’

Officials warned over ‘bombshell’ rule

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Scandal-hit Brooklands College’s accounts finally surface

First time in four years financial statements have been released

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, T Levels

Another 92 courses face the chop to make way for T Levels

Halfon reveals the latest round of qualifications facing the chop to make way for T Levels, including popular engineering…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Awarding, Colleges

Six specialist colleges honoured at Natspec Innovation Awards 2023

Forest bathing and foodbank donations among the initiatives awarded

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

The Skills Network pulls out of apprenticeships

‘Real challenges’ with funding levels forces online provider to turn full focus to AEB and bootcamps

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Apprenticeships

RoATP to end as APAR is born

Register of apprenticeship training providers and end-point assessment organisations to merge

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

Greater Manchester to host WorldSkills UK finals this autumn

In total, 53 finals will be held across the area in November

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Skills reform

DfE launches £165m local skills improvement fund

Pot available for initiatives that ‘respond to specific priorities’ identified in LSIPs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

AELP chief Jane Hickie suspended

Chair and vice chair of the provider body to support senior management team for an interim period

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Hawk swoops another ‘outstanding’ after 10-year inspection gap

‘This is a testament to the dedication of our team against a backdrop of a really challenging time for…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
EDI, Long read, Politics

Is FE really meeting its goals when it comes to diversity?

In the wake of the shocking murder of George Floyd by a police officer on the streets of Minneapolis…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill

Must read

Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
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