Qualifications Post-16 qualifications inquiry: 5 interesting things we learned from former education ministers Witnesses were quizzed on degree apprenticeships, BTECs and getting the policy balance right between vocational and academic education Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Higher education IfS: 1 in 4 poorer pupils could lose out under proposed student loan grade thresholds Around 1 in 10 recent education undergrads would also have been excluded, think tank warns Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Ofsted Ofsted to review how it inspects FE and skills, new strategy states In its new five-year strategy, Ofsted says it will inspect every college to check it’s meeting skills needs. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships Help boost apprenticeship starts among young people and fix the drop-out rate, skills minister tells IfATE Alex Burghart issues tasks to the institute in new ‘strategic guidance’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Is there a device crisis in FE? Is device use seriously negatively affecting student learning? How can devices be used well? And what is the situation… Jess Staufenberg 3y The FE Week Podcast 3y Apprenticeships Deadline to claim apprenticeship cash incentives extended by 5 days The change has been made in response to employer complaints that the deadline was on a weekend Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored British Army seeks ITPs to support their apprenticeship programme – contracting launch An upcoming event will cover how ITPs can tender for these support contracts FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Politics How the education select committee looks now The parliamentary education committee has welcomed five new members in the past year after several MPs stood down or… Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Training Providers Boss of England’s largest apprenticeship provider steps down He has led the firm for 10 years Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform Long read Local skills improvement plans: What the trailblazer reports look like Spanning over 500 pages in total, the “trailblazer” local skills improvement plans – a key plank of the government’s… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships SMEs frustrated as DfE refusal to reset non-levy cap halts apprenticeship starts Employers reveal they are being forced to cancel recruitment plans and turn apprentices away Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Climate Change DfE climate change strategy: New FE teachers will be required to build sustainability into their teaching Existing college staff will however not be required to include sustainability into their teaching Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Newer 1 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 803 Older Must read Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2w Anviksha Patel 2w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
