Apprenticeships, Ofsted
Amanda Spielman warns that using apprentices to replace experienced early years practitioners isn’t fair to learners or children
Jason Noble
WorldSkills
Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann announces plans to step down in May to head up Whitehall & Industry Group
Jason Noble
Adult education, Skills reform
ESFA-funded ‘priority’ subjects receive uplifts but it’s not good news for functional skills English and maths
Shane Chowen
News
Lords fear reforms will have a ‘disastrous’ impact on social mobility, economic growth and public services
Billy Camden
Ofsted
FE Week finds out how Exeter College stays ‘outstanding’
Tallulah Taylor
Colleges, Universities
Midlands college and university begin talks to form an FE company within the university group
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships, Skills reform
Jeremy Hunt plans talks with education secretary on over 50s in apprenticeships
Jason Noble
Apprenticeships
‘We hope that through collective power policy will change’, says owners
Billy Camden
BTECs, level 3, Skills reform, T Levels
More than half of reformed AGQs will be scrapped by government edict, new analysis reveals
Billy Camden
Skills reform, Traineeships
Just a third of the budget was spent between 2020 and 2022
Jason Noble
Adult education
Adult education statistics also show increases in level 4+ and ESOL courses, but further declines at levels 2 and…
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Traineeships
New data also provides further evidence as to why the government decided to scrap traineeships
Billy Camden
