AAC2022, Apprenticeships ‘We need you’: Highlights from the skills minister’s opening speech at AAC 2022 Alex Burghart commits to increasing starts for young people and reducing burden for SMEs Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Introducing SQA Advanced Qualifications SQA’s Advanced Qualifications are internationally recognised higher education qualifications at certificate and diploma level (levels 4 and 5). SQA 4y SQA 4y Apprenticeships Employer groups call on Sunak to reform levy funds in his spring statement Many levy-paying businesses have found it challenging to use for their training needs Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Colleges Activate Learning and Lincoln College Group drop merger plans ‘I think what we felt with where we are at the moment, given those [previous] mergers, our group services… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Colleges Conflicting principal views on Eton’s elite sixth form plans The colleges will be designed to give disadvantaged young people who “have done well in their GCSEs the opportunity… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Adult education, Devolution Tactical subcontracting deal abandoned in mayoral combined authority Funding rules state ‘you must not subcontract to meet short-term funding objectives’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Ofsted downgrades new provider after ESFA apprentice pay tip-off Frustration over blurred ESFA and Ofsted roles Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships, EDI DfE’s ‘bizarre’ BAME apprenticeships strategy Plans to strengthen ethnic minority representation in campaign imagery and make use of ‘influencers’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges, EDI New national leaders announced but diversity concerns remain The FE commissioner has previously said that the lack of BAME national leaders reflects the small number of of… Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Ofsted New apprenticeship provider jumps from ‘insufficient’ to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ “Going from the verge of the business going bust to an ‘outstanding’ is an incredible feat” Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Skills reform ESFA to seek bids for national strategic development fund rollout Other providers can be part of local projects, but bids can only be led by colleges Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y News Universal credit training flexibility extended again Claimants can undertake training for up to 16 weeks for another year Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
