Adult education, Skills reform

Lifelong loan entitlement: Maintenance loans in and ELQ rule out

Students studying higher level courses under the lifelong loan scheme will have access to maintenance loans following years of…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Leaders at large Norwich college ‘very disappointed’ as staff vote to strike

Union says pay offer of up to 5.1 per cent is a ‘huge real terms pay cut’

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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SkillBuild 2023 – why you should enter your learners as huge demand for construction skills remain

The largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK returns, with registration now open for SkillBuild 2023.. The…

Construction Industry Training Board
Construction Industry Training Board
News

Limb to chair relaunched Lifelong Education Institute

The current chair, former minister Chris Skidmore MP, is standing down at the end of the month to focus…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Keegan snubs ASCL conference as schools pay stalemate continues

Education secretary will miss the Birmingham event because she hopes to be in school pay talks, union reveals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Apprenticeships

Second chance for firms that failed to join flexi-job apprenticeship register

DfE confirms new sustainabilit6y assessment will be used to re-assess failed bids in last application window

Jason Noble
Jason Noble


News

Taxpayers’ £10m hit over ‘careers queen’s’ bust empire

ESFA funds cannot be recovered, say liquidators

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

‘Stunned’ businessman vows to walk away from FE after ‘inadequate’ verdict

‘The sector is run as an autocracy’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

Sign language learners affected as ‘ground-breaking’ awarding body to close

Up to 150 learners could be affected by closure of Institute for British Sign Language at the end of…

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Inclusion

SEND improvement plan ‘offers no solutions’ to post-16 problems

Government finally sets out its next steps for SEND review launched over three years ago

Shane Chowen
Samantha Booth and Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Politics

Double tax on employers to boost training, says former education minister

Lord Jo Johnson said a reformed apprenticeships and skills levy was “the only game in town” to increase spending…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

‘Innovative’ colleges honoured in 2022/23 AoC Beacon Awards

Ten colleges scoop awards at Association of Colleges event

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

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Awarding

Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud

Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Politics

Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’

The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund
Colleges, Long read

Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail

More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges, Long read

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
Shane Chowen
Young people

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
Anviksha Patel