FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Is disability the hidden diversity issue? In this episode, education journalist Jess Staufenberg explores disability – or differing ability – and what it means as… Jess Staufenberg 4y The FE Week Podcast 4y Apprenticeships DfE ‘will not be satisfied’ with upcoming apprenticeship achievement rates, top civil servant warns Peter Mucklow has hinted there will be a big drop in national achievement rates this year Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 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, Inclusion 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, Inclusion 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 Newer 1 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
