Young people 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 4y Jason Noble 4y 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 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 4y Billy Camden 4y News Keith Smith to leave DfE to become London college boss He has been a top skills civil servant for a decade Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News AELP in talks to return as co-owners of ETF It has been four years since all ties were cut Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges, FE workforce 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 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education 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 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 4y Jason Noble 4y News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 4y Jason Noble 4y Covid-19 Just £9m of adult education and non-levy apprenticeship relief funding released Training providers were handed less than £9 million as part of a relief scheme to support adult education courses… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Provider and DfE agree terms and avoid High Court battle over terminated contract An undisclosed settlement was agreed Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 851 Older Must read Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
