News Skills and Productivity Board and Unit for Future Skills: a one-stop shop of what has been published so far The SPB has now wound up and been replaced by the Unit for Future Skills. The research conducted over… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Apprenticeships ESFA ditches 20% off-the-job requirement as part of 2022/23 apprenticeship funding rule changes The government has ditched its controversial 20 per cent requirement for off-the-job training in apprenticeships and replaced it with… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges Plans to de-merge Lewisham College from NCG revealed NCG and London South East Colleges are understood to be in discussions about the future of FE in Lewisham. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Adult education, Devolution Controversy as Liverpool City Region hands adult education budget contracts to ‘out-of-area’ providers 16 providers won procured contracts in the Liverpool City Region’s latest AEB tender Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y T Levels Pre-T Level course flops in first year Just 1 in 7 students on the first transition programme progressed on to a full T Level Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform Who’s deciding the future of BTECs? Secrecy surrounds DfE’s ‘independent assessors’ Transparency demanded as DfE refuses to publish details Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges AoC raises college staff pay recommendation – but only to 2.25% The recommendation is well below the call from unions for a 10% rise Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted City and Guilds-owned apprenticeship provider falls two Ofsted grades Gen2 is no longer ‘outstanding’ after a decade without inspection Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News 80 winners scoop silver at the 2022 Pearson National Teaching Awards Silver winners will now be shortlisted for one of 16 gold awards Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Covid-19 Williamson provided wine and mince pies for DfE lockdown Xmas party Sue Gray report finds 50 staff were invited to the ‘festive drinks’ – organised days in advance Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y News Open University to partner with colleges to fill higher technical education cold spots The government has backed the initiative with £10 million – cash which will be used to ‘increase the capability’… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Staff say overcrowding hampered bomb scare evacuation at DfE’s Sheffield office Workers warn of ‘disaster waiting to happen’ after incident on day of top civil servant’s visit Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 832 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
