Skills bootcamps First bootcamps-only inspection results in glowing report High praise for course that takes learners with no prior coding experience to ‘becoming work ready within 20 weeks Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships DfE eyes early release of apprenticeship funding rules from next year Education chief says rules will be published before May 2023 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News ‘Middle-class grab’ of degree-level apprenticeships intensifies Ministers urged to get a grip of policy 4 years after first raising fears Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills bootcamps DfE exceeds 16k skills bootcamps starts target in 2021-22 But data on completions and gender won’t be released until next year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education, Devolution Norfolk and Suffolk obtain adult education budget powers in devolution deal Deals for the counties are also expected to include involvement in skills Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Revealed: 32 colleges bag £70m from HE capital fund Allocations for improving higher education facilities range from £150k to £5.8m Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Six things we learned from Keegan’s first education committee The education secretary took questions from MPs this morning Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Confirmed: College for vulnerable adults judged ‘inadequate’ over safety concerns Ofsted says leaders are ‘unable to identify and protect learners who may be at risk or need help’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Long read Long read Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide? From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Speed read: DfE energy-saving tips and £500m funding rules Colleges told to do energy ‘spot checks’, and have 2 years to spend cash Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Sustainability £500m for schools and colleges to make buildings more energy efficient Allocations range from £1.8m to £10k and colleges can decide to spend it on ‘other capital projects’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Colleges, Politics Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 832 Older Must read 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 2d Anviksha Patel 2d 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
