Adult education West Yorkshire’s 10% boost for adult education West Yorkshire Combined Authority follows Greater London and West Midlands for inflation-matching AEB rise Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Training Providers Defence giant Babcock offloads part of its training business New training provider Inspiro has launched following the sale of Babcock’s ‘non-core’ training business and closure of its assessment… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges Another bailout for troubled college with merger in sight But the college has been stung by a £500k AEB clawback Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Exclusive DfE’s website rejects apprenticeship adverts for using ‘head’ and ‘man’ Officials are ‘urgently’ investigating the vacancies site Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Colleges, Subcontracting College fails to file accounts for fourth year Union raises transparency concerns and calls on leaders to open up the books Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted Ofsted suspends ‘independent’ scrutiny panels Inspectorate accused of ‘marking its own work’ Billy Camden 3y Amy Walker and Jessica Hill 3y Apprenticeships Care leaver apprentice bursary to triple to £3,000 DfE also pledges to support local authorities to recruit up to 500 new child and family social worker apprentices Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Colleges Green light for religious sixth form colleges to academise New regulations finally pave way for Catholic sixth form colleges to convert Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Lifelong Learning Lifelong loan laws laid in Parliament Ministers will create a new system of credits and fee caps to regulate how much providers can charge for… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Ofsted ‘Insufficient’ prison officer apprenticeships found at Sodexo Firm is under threat of suspension on new apprentice starts after Ofsted new provider monitoring inspection Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges, Ofsted College hits back at Ofsted after grade 3 The inspectorate published the report despite an ongoing challenge Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics ‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Keegan’s DfE staff go on strike Civil servants joined teachers on the day of strike action, saying: ‘You can’t run public services unless you fund… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Newer 1 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 839 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
