Apprenticeships ‘Big win’ for providers as ESFA unveils new apprenticeship funding rules Achievement rates are expected to improve as a result of the changes Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims Music teacher’s holiday pay victory will have big ramifications for education employers using permanent term-time-only contracts Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Skills reform DfE updates incorrect level 3 review impact assessment Potential scale of the impact of the reforms has now changed Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted Ofsted denounces continued use of online teaching in latest education recovery research Ofsted’s latest education recovery report highlights concerns around off-the-job training, remote teaching and exams anxiety. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y T Levels T Level colleges awarded slice of £74m to refurbish buildings for 2023 delivery 86 projects win cash for wave four of the rollout Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Staff Teachers at 39 colleges will strike this autumn UCU confirms 29 more colleges will join the 10 already confirmed to strike over pay this autumn. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Prison education Fred Sirieix’s prisoner-run restaurants to expand to boost hospitality skills First Dates star’s charity turns prison mess kitchens into high street style restaurants and trains inmates in hospitality skills. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Adult education, Devolution Adult funding rates set to rise in London A funding uplift of 3.5 per cent will apply to courses at level 2 and below for London residents… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Levelling Up, Skills reform Roundtable Discussion | Learner needs should be equal to employer needs to truly level up Watch the latest FE Week roundtable discussion, in partnership with NCFE FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Ofsted Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 7 more annual account findings Ofsted’s annual report has revealed concerns around funding and inspector turnover. Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker and Jason Noble 3y T Levels Third of first T Level students apply for university courses UCAS data indicates a third of the first T Level students have applied for university courses, as well as… Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Provider rated ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted finds apprentices training other apprentices Code Nation Ltd accused of not recruiting learners with integrity. Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 832 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