Build the future: National Apprenticeship Week 14/02/2022 Find out more News AoC: Relax financial intervention rules to protect college reputations A ‘significant minority’ of colleges face ‘real financial difficulty’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Prisoners to finally be offered apprenticeships The scheme will initially be offered to up to a hundred prisoners across England before being rolled out across… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Levelling Up Exclusive College alarm as study shows ‘elite’ sixth forms recruit from far and wide They also teach fewer poor students Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Awarding Awarding bodies’ report reveals rocketing cost of regulatory burden Regulation has risen ‘exponentially’ over the past decade, research finds Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship funding band pilot finally gets underway Around 20 trailblazer groups from various sectors are set to be piloted Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Exclusive Minister refuses to offer transparency on apprenticeship levy spending Donelan says the government is instead focused on the ‘key stats that really matter’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive ESFA to be stripped of policy role Responsibility will be absorbed by DfE following an independent review Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Revealed: Organisations named the first flexi-job apprenticeship agencies Apprentices will be employed by these organisations, but will have multiple employment placements over their apprenticeship. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Disadvantaged students ‘effectively penalised’ for not studying A-levels, research finds They may have lost out when competing for university places Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y 16-19 Spending rules for 16-19 increase ‘sensible and proportionate’, say leaders Here’s how colleges and training providers will be allowed to spend extra 16-19 study programme funding next year. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News ‘Pull your weight’ on pre-16 attainment, colleges told The new OfS fair access director will address the sector for the first time later today. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Newer 1 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 829 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
