Sponsored post Sponsored The importance of joined-up data How integrated data can help colleges drive improvement Advanced 3y Advanced 3y Politics DfE monitors staff after edict to return to the office WiFi is being used to track attendance Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y News Universities told to advertise drop-out rates Universities have been asked to advertise drop-out and employment rates so, in the minister’s words, applicants avoid ‘dead end’… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 Newer 1 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 832 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