Skills reform, Young people DfE reveals plan to scrap thousands of level 2 and below qualifications Courses that are ‘too narrowly focused’ such as plumbing or bricklaying face the chop Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Governors ‘lack urgency’ on financial issues at struggling land-based college, says FE Commissioner The report said that “financial risks are accumulating” Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y WorldSkills EuroSkills 2023 moved from St Petersburg as WorldSkills suspends Russia and Belarus amid invasion of Ukraine Russia and Belarus have been suspended from WorldSkills competitions and the EuroSkills 2023 event will no longer be held… Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News St Petersburg’s fate as host of EuroSkills 2023 set for crunch talks “WorldSkills Europe is shocked and saddened by the security situation that is unfolding in Ukraine” Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y News College facing insolvency demands quicker merger solution FE Commissioner says even if significant savings are found the college cannot survive on its own Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Adult education Provider pulls out of £3m devolved contract due to low student uptake ‘Potential learners just haven’t been able to commit to signing up’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News DfE being sued for millions by training provider CCP claims the department unlawfully held back fees which led to a loss of business Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Skills reform Zahawi makes plea to peers to leave the skills bill alone A process informally known as ‘ping pong’ is set to take place Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Apprenticeships Unfair: Large apprenticeship providers ‘disproportionately penalised’ by new ESFA rule Agency to penalise providers for more than 100 withdrawals or delayed completions Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform, Young people Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull Regulators have unveiled plans for more “rigorous” controls over the BTECs and other post-16 qualifications which survive a planned… FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y News WorldSkills UK announces winners of equity, diversity and inclusion awards Winners included an electronics engineer who spent lockdown designing science packs for school children Will Nott 4y Will Nott 4y Adult education, Skills reform Lifelong learning loans consultation finally launched A long-awaited consultation on the government’s flagship lifelong learning scheme points to limitations and restrictions. Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Newer 1 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 854 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
