Apprenticeships Shock as half of apprentices drop out Expert says there would be ‘national outcry’ and independent inquiry if this happened with A-levels Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education ‘Frustrating’ for some but ‘not surprising’: ESFA extends AEB contracts for one more year National adult education budget contracts renewed for 2022/23 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Highlights from Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2022 31/03/2022 Find out more Apprenticeships 2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships in 2019/20 has fallen to 57.5 per cent – 6.7 percentage points lower… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 DfE widens student eligibility criteria for 16-19 catch-up funding But leaders warn the extension has been introduced too late and predict ‘many’ fundng clawbacks Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Central Bedfordshire College to merge with The Bedford College Group Central Bedfordshire College is set to merge with The Bedford College Group, it has been announced today. The two… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y EDI, SEND SEND review ‘disappointing’ for FE The government’s planned reforms to the SEND education system do not go far enough for FE learners, leaders say. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Skills reform Skills Bill: Government ‘compromises’ on careers but no delay to BTEC defunding A concession on rules for careers guidance in schools but government rejects delayed BTEC defunding in skills bill final… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Apprenticeships Government criticised for axing public sector apprenticeship target Officials accused of ‘throwing in the towel’ after confirming the move today Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships FE Week asks the skills minister: are apprentices paid enough? ‘It’s better than it looks on paper’, says Alex Burghart Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Politics Sunak’s ‘new austerity’: Spring statement offers no new money for education The chancellor offered no extra funding for education in the spring statement, despite spiralling costs, bills and inflation. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Newer 1 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 829 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
