News Provider-level achievement rates to return in 2021/22 Next year’s provider-level qualification achievement rates (QARs) will be published following a two-year suspension. The Department for Education has… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships University apprenticeships to be externally assessed Degree apprenticeships will have to assessed with an industry expert who is independent of the university, under new proposals… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform National Skills Fund consultation launched A consultation has been launched on the government’s new level 3 qualifications offer, its skills bootcamps programme and how… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted New ‘skills measure’ would trigger Ofsted inspections Colleges that fail to align their provision with local and national needs will trigger Ofsted inspections in the future,… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Simplifying FE funding and accountability consultation launched by DfE The government has launched a consultation on proposals to simplify funding and accountability systems in further education. As promised… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Pilot areas for £65m Strategic Development Fund announced The Department for Education has revealed the pilot areas for the new Strategic Development Fund. The £65 million fund,… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform Revealed: The local skills improvement plans trailblazers The employer representative bodies that will lead pilots for new local skills improvement plans (LSIP) have been named. Eight… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Industrial action Staff vote to strike at 15 colleges University and College Union members in 15 colleges across England have voted for strike action in a row over… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News National adult education budget tender results revealed There are 83 winners sharing £62.6 million from the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s adult education budget tender, FE… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News What you need to know from the government’s response to the level 3 qualification review The government has published its long-awaited response to the consultation for the level 3 qualifications review. The Department for… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News ESFA boss Eileen Milner to become combined authority chief executive Eileen Milner will become the chief executive her local combined authority when she leaves the Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y AEB ESFA U-turns and allows AEB clawback business cases The Education and Skills Funding Agency has announced colleges will be allowed to submit business cases to avoid adult… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 812 Older Must read 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
