NEET NEET 16: Out of work and training 16-year-olds at highest level in nearly a decade Number of 16-year-olds not in education, employment or training highest since 2012 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Ofsted to hit England’s largest apprenticeship provider with grade 3 Quality concerns found at Lifetime Training, which delivers to big-name employers and the civil service Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships New ‘method’ to quality assuring higher and degree-level apprenticeships launched It is part of the second phase of reforms to how EQA works for end-point assessment Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Keith Smith to leave DfE to become London college boss He has been a top skills civil servant for a decade Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News AELP in talks to return as co-owners of ETF It has been four years since all ties were cut Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Staff Staff now plan to strike during first week of September over ‘fire and rehire’ row at London college 14 consecutive days of industrial action have been announced Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Burghart sets ‘ambitious’ apprentice achievement rate target and announces feedback tool drop-outs But AELP chief fears the target will be unachievable Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education, Devolution Less generous adult education clawback threshold offered in most devolved areas The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s threshold for funding adult education courses that are not delivered is more generous… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Assessment, Colleges Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Covid-19 Just £9m of adult education and non-levy apprenticeship relief funding released Training providers were handed less than £9 million as part of a relief scheme to support adult education courses… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Provider and DfE agree terms and avoid High Court battle over terminated contract An undisclosed settlement was agreed Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
