Apprenticeships
Standards set for review include those where updates are “needed” to support emerging skills
Joshua Stein
Colleges
Some colleges warned the ruling had already had a “significant adverse impact”
Joshua Stein
News
But the data is sparse compared to A-levels despite claims of ‘parity’
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships
Employers threaten to launch petition if officials continue to reject apprenticeship proposal
Billy Camden
Colleges, Higher education
The Office for Students deemed NCG worthy to award bachelors and masters degrees indefinitely this month
Shane Chowen
SEND
Expert warns ‘most local authorities are trying to cut costs’ through post-16 SEND transport
Billy Camden
Adult education, Colleges
Reduced funding given to providers who underperformed the most during Covid
Billy Camden
AI
Ministers also announced a new taskforce to look at what digital skills are needed for the future
Samantha Booth
Long read, Qualifications, Skills reform
High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica…
Jessica Hill
Ofsted
No more internal reviews, a direct line to a senior inspector and new complaint routes put forward
Freddie Whittaker
Colleges
Annual financial statements should be published by January 31, but several are still yet to surface
Billy Camden
Politics
Jenkyns was only skills minister for three months, but is to receive the gong in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours…
Shane Chowen
