Apprenticeships, skills 32 ‘new’ homebuilding skills hubs to ‘fast-track’ apprentice training Locations of the hubs are yet to be confirmed Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo Employment Ministers ponder carrots and sticks to curb NEET crisis Young people’s worklessness rates are at a nine year high Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprentice assessment alternatives shelved by DfE ‘Expert’ provider pilot flexibilities and outcomes also kept under wraps Billy Camden 5mo Billy Camden 5mo Skills reform Skills England ‘doomed to fail’, says former education secretary Ministers urged to enshrine independence and employer input in law Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo News NUS to lead shadow curriculum and assessment review A youth-led review has been launched to mirror the one being led by Professor Becky Francis FE Week Reporter 5mo FE Week Reporter 5mo Apprenticeships, Skills reform Priority employers consulted on growth and skills levy New skills quango seeks views on what non-apprenticeship training should be funded Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo News OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’ Lucas Cumiskey 5mo Lucas Cumiskey 5mo Ofqual Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo Ofsted Q&A: One-word answers and other insights from Martyn Oliver The government uses one-word judgments to decide when to intervene Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo Pay AoC asks members: Is an FE pay review body worth it? College leaders flirt with the idea of FE getting their own pay review body Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo Ofsted Catholic sixth form college awarded third ‘outstanding’ in a row Yorkshire principal ‘immensely proud’ Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo Ofsted London university receives top Ofsted marks for degree apprenticeships Inspectors rated Queen Mary University ‘outstanding’ across the board Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo Newer 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
