Prison education Government steps up plans to improve prisoners’ literacy skills Government launches reading app pilot and contract for literacy schemes Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Adult education Pilot targeting UC claimants scales back target numbers Industry leavers and Covid-19 disruption has hampered progress on health and care pilot Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills WorldSkills: ‘Phenomenal’ performance puts UK back into top 10 WorldSkills 2022 special edition has concluded after six weeks of intense skill competitions taking place all over the world…. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen and Tallulah Taylor 3y Ofsted Leadership and management provider hit with Ofsted ‘inadequate’ for recruiting ‘without integrity’ ‘It just feels the cards are stacked against us’, says director as firm exits the market Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Cornwall secures adult education and skills powers in £360m devolution deal Mayoral county deal will see devolution of AEB by 2025 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting delivery of Sustainability Education to meet future skill demands In the midst of this climate-critical decade, how can educators incorporate sustainability within education? Pearson 3y Pearson 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22 Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Providers fail in high court to stop ‘draconian’ contract termination Two providers argued it was ‘unreasonable’ for ESFA to end contracts based on disputed Ofsted reports Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay Union leader warns disruption could be repeated on a greater scale next year Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y FE workforce, Long read Long read Focus feature: Green FE teacher shortages could hold back net zero Research and reports on green skills shortages are not in short supply – but the people needed to teach… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed Schools and colleges sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer’s GCSEs and A-levels Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 854 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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