Apprenticeships, Ofsted DfE sets out apprenticeship intervention rules for new Ofsted regime Sanctions on poor-performing training providers will be considered on a case-by-case basis as Ofsted’s new inspection regime beds in Shane Chowen 5d Shane Chowen 5d English and maths, Skills reform Francis review prompts DfE shake-up of English and maths accountability measures Review response also reveals incoming guidance for colleges on enrichment Anviksha Patel 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d Colleges ‘£379m’ in college capital cash will return to Treasury via ‘penalising’ VAT rules Academies were granted VAT exemptions in 2011 Josh Mellor 6d Josh Mellor 6d Higher education Limited understanding: OfS grants degree powers to wrong LTE Group OfS makes gaffe on the wrong gaff Anviksha Patel 6d Anviksha Patel 6d Apprenticeships Providers must join official register to offer new ‘apprenticeship units’ DWP skills director also confirms new short course content will come from existing apprenticeship standards Billy Camden 7d Billy Camden 7d Adult education, Lifelong Learning Ed Balls among inaugural Get the Nation Learning award winners Former politician and broadcast production company recognised for lifelong learning commitments Anviksha Patel 7d Anviksha Patel 7d Skills reform 1-week apprenticeship ‘units’, and 5 other things we learned from Smith’s white paper briefing Skills minister also defends adult education plans and explains the need to introduce laws that ban ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders Billy Camden 1w Billy Camden and Josh Mellor 1w Ofsted High Court rejects NAHT’s Ofsted report card judicial review plea Leaders’ union ‘will now consider an appeal’ and will consult members about possibility of moving to industrial action Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1w News, Webinar Unwrapping the White Paper – Live Stream Join FE Week live for Unwrapping the White Paper – a sector briefing with the Minister for Skills exploring… FE Week Reporter 1w FE Week Reporter 1w Adult education Exclusive Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest Josh Mellor 1w Josh Mellor 1w Colleges DfE names FE teacher training taskforce members Wigan and Leigh College principal Anna Dawe will chair the group Billy Camden 1w Billy Camden 1w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 833 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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
