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 1 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 2d Josh Mellor 2d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
