Qualifications Labour warns BTECs cull could hit healthcare and retail hardest ‘We want to ensure every young person can gain a level 3 qualification whether through A-levels, T Levels, BTECs… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Ofsted Richard Branson’s Virgin Care training arm takes off with top Ofsted marks Inspectors lauded apprentices for ‘outstanding resilience’ during the pandemic Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: 39 post-16 providers to share £83m to accommodate demographic boom An additional 260,000 16- to 19-year-olds are anticipated to be in education in the coming years Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Office for Students OfS chief stepping down next spring Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has thanked her for her ‘excellent work improving access to higher education’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y T Levels There is no T Level recruitment target, DfE maintains It comes despite the spending review making funding available for ‘up to 100,000 students’ by 2024 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education Most disadvantaged adults ‘least likely to participate’ in education, L&W finds Only four in ten adults are aware free basic skills courses are available, the survey also discovered Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Prison education Education behind bars: five ex-prisoners tell MPs of their learning experiences The quality of prison education came in for criticism, with one witness saying theirs was ‘dreadful’ Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y SEND Exclusive New digital functional skills qual: warning sounded on SEND exclusion Learners with special educational needs could be locked out by the new course’s subject content Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y net zero Exclusive Net zero in FE: ‘Why aren’t we doing this yet?’ With the world’s eyes on the UK at COP26, Jess Staufenberg looks at who’s coming up with a proper… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: Special educational needs provision, sustainability and the spending review This week Shane is joined by David Russell, chief executive at the Education and Training Foundation, and Fiona Aldridge,… Jess Staufenberg 4y The FE Week Podcast 4y News AELP conference round-up: Top officials talk traineeships, achievement rates and T Levels Providers, regulators and government representatives headed to Manchester this week for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers’ (AELP)… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y SEND, Spending Review Exclusive ‘Everything goes at 18’: Ofsted warns of SEND cliff-edge Experts have warned of ‘appalling’ guidance for families and out-of-date documentation Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 829 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
