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‘Everything goes at 18’: Ofsted warns of SEND cliff-edge Experts have warned of ‘appalling’ guidance for families and out-of-date documentation Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Apprenticeships Insolvency Service to take no action against directors of collapsed provider 3aaa The Insolvency Service began investigating the company’s directors’ conduct following its collapse in 2018 Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Qualifications Ministers play down BTECs cull They have gone as far as to blame the media for fuelling a belief there will be a binary… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News College pleads for lifting of apprenticeship ban ‘We have been working to remove the suspension’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Festive foodbank campaign relaunches as part of Good For Me, Good for FE Colleges will be encouraging staff and students to donate single items or create hampers for people in need Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y T Levels T Level placements CAN be done remotely, DfE announces Up to 40% of placement hours can be spent not in the workplace Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Staff UCU claims victory over staff pay at 5 London colleges They include salary increases of up to 5%, increased annual leave and workload ‘protection’ Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform DfE finally finds chair for new Skills Reform Board Rebecca George formerly chaired a T Level reform board and sat on the education secretary’s business engagement forum Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Level 2 business admin apprenticeship replacement ‘some distance off’, warns quango chief The proposal for a level 2 business administration replacement is “some distance off” the quality bar for apprenticeships, a… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Awarding City & Guilds appoints first female chair The sector leader with 25 years experience of FE says she is ‘delighted’ to take the role Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Avoid ‘complex language’ and stereotypes to make exams accessible, says draft guidance Ofqual launches consultation on draft accessibility guidance for exam boards Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Newer 1 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
