Apprenticeships Unfair: Large apprenticeship providers ‘disproportionately penalised’ by new ESFA rule Agency to penalise providers for more than 100 withdrawals or delayed completions Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform, T Levels Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull Regulators have unveiled plans for more “rigorous” controls over the BTECs and other post-16 qualifications which survive a planned… FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y News WorldSkills UK announces winners of equity, diversity and inclusion awards Winners included an electronics engineer who spent lockdown designing science packs for school children Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Lifelong Learning, Skills reform Lifelong learning loans consultation finally launched A long-awaited consultation on the government’s flagship lifelong learning scheme points to limitations and restrictions. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Ministers scrap plans for post-qualification admissions DfE says support for shake-up of university admissions was ‘not strong enough’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y Lifelong Learning, Skills reform ‘Get on with it’ – government unveils lifelong learning plans Long-awaited plans for lifelong learning loans have been revealed as part of the government’s higher education funding reforms. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News ‘Ladder-up not levelling-up’: DfE urged to rethink student loan grade threshold plan Ministers are considering blocking pupils without certain grades from getting student finance Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y News AELP chair stands down after 18 years AELP’s chief executive thanked Dunford for his “relentless commitment” to the organisation Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Skills reform Skills bill clears the commons The bill passed its remaining stages last night Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Covid-19 Weekly Covid testing for most students and staff ditched from today Boris Johnson outlines plan for ‘living with Covid-19’ Freddie Whittaker 4y Freddie Whittaker 4y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: The great pay divide Are staff struggling to make ends meet? Are they on unstable contracts? In the first of a new investigative… Jess Staufenberg 4y The FE Week Podcast 4y News Make colleges ‘jointly responsible’ for local skills improvement plans, principals tell Zahawi Leaders write to Zahawi calling for a strengthened role in the new policy Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 832 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 3d Anviksha Patel 3d 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 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
