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 3y Shane Chowen 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y Sponsored post Sponsored 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 3y Construction Industry Training Board 3y 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 3y Shane Chowen 3y 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 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y News Taxpayers’ £10m hit over ‘careers queen’s’ bust empire ESFA funds cannot be recovered, say liquidators Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships, Ofsted ‘Stunned’ businessman vows to walk away from FE after ‘inadequate’ verdict ‘The sector is run as an autocracy’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Samantha Booth and Shane Chowen 3y 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 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges ‘Innovative’ colleges honoured in 2022/23 AoC Beacon Awards Ten colleges scoop awards at Association of Colleges event Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 854 Older Must read 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 2d Josh Mellor 2d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
