Prison education Government steps up plans to improve prisoners’ literacy skills Government launches reading app pilot and contract for literacy schemes Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Adult education Pilot targeting UC claimants scales back target numbers Industry leavers and Covid-19 disruption has hampered progress on health and care pilot Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills WorldSkills: ‘Phenomenal’ performance puts UK back into top 10 WorldSkills 2022 special edition has concluded after six weeks of intense skill competitions taking place all over the world…. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen and Tallulah Taylor 3y Ofsted Leadership and management provider hit with Ofsted ‘inadequate’ for recruiting ‘without integrity’ ‘It just feels the cards are stacked against us’, says director as firm exits the market Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Devolution Cornwall secures adult education and skills powers in £360m devolution deal Mayoral county deal will see devolution of AEB by 2025 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting delivery of Sustainability Education to meet future skill demands In the midst of this climate-critical decade, how can educators incorporate sustainability within education? Pearson 3y Pearson 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22 Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Providers fail in high court to stop ‘draconian’ contract termination Two providers argued it was ‘unreasonable’ for ESFA to end contracts based on disputed Ofsted reports Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay Union leader warns disruption could be repeated on a greater scale next year Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Long read, Sustainability Long read Focus feature: Green FE teacher shortages could hold back net zero Research and reports on green skills shortages are not in short supply – but the people needed to teach… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed Schools and colleges sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer’s GCSEs and A-levels Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 832 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
