Apprenticeships Five join register of flexi-job apprenticeship agencies after failed bids reconsidered Five organisations pass new financial sustainability assessment to join register Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y T Levels DfE seeks another contractor to help boost T Level employer placements Two-year contract will see organisation engage with private and public sector employers to host T Level placements Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Insurance apprenticeship provider censured for heavy focus on industry qualifications Ofsted raises concerns over Apex Management Consultants’ engagement with employers Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges The Bedford College Group announces new chief executive Barnsley College chief executive Yiannis Koursis will take over from Ian Pryce in January 2024 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News DfE offers £3.9m for contractor to help on education climate action plans Provider will recruit ‘expert’ volunteers to offer schools and colleges advice on meeting government’s new climate change strategy requirements Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y News Pearson hires Ofqual’s standards director after BTEC fiasco Ofqual’s director of standards Cath Jadhav will take over as responsible officer for exam board Pearson in July Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Apprenticeships, Office for Students OfS to create £40m fund to boost degree apprenticeship take-up Office for Students confirms fund can be used for existing providers and those delivering degree apprenticeships for the first… Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Training Providers Exclusive The Marples lawsuit: DfE rebuts ‘fundamentally flawed’ claim DfE has denied that officials acted negligently, with malice, or in bad faith in refusing 3aaa sale in 2016 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges Former national college to officially close down NCATI, formerly the National College for High Speed Rail, will cease to exist by July 31, 2023 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges Tributes paid to ‘brilliant figurehead’ college principal Viv Gillespie Former principal at four colleges died on Friday after a short illness Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Adult education Skills bootcamps: Study finds ‘inappropriate’ interviews and already-skilled workers on courses Research of wave 2 bootcamps finds more than half of learners already have level 4 or above qualifications Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Five ways to take your teaching career to the next level with Advanced Teacher Status How have ATS alumni benefitted from taking part in the programme? FE Week Reporter 3y Society for Education and Training 3y Newer 1 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
