News Winners of the 2021 Festival of Learning awards announced A domestic abuse survivor and a learner who retrained in engineering after losing her chef career in a motorbike… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Ofsted Ofsted finds learners unaware they are on an apprenticeship A private provider has been suspended from taking on new learners after Ofsted found a “few cases” of apprentices… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Easing Covid restrictions: What FE providers need to know The government plans to remove bubbles and social distancing rules in FE providers from July 19, the education secretary… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ‘Policy not politics’: New Ofqual boss attempts to play down independence fears Jo Saxton has said she would “absolutely speak out” as Ofqual boss if she felt any government decisions were… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Winners of delayed £18m skills bootcamp tender revealed The training providers and colleges chosen to deliver the remaining national skills bootcamp programmes have finally been named. FE… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Disappointment as human resources T Level development stopped The government’s decision to “cease” a T Level in human resources will cut the industry off from a potentially… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Speed read: Draft statutory guidance on local skills reviews published The Department for Education has published draft statutory guidance on college governors’ new duty to review local skills provision…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Virtual Natspec games prove a hit Students enjoyed some of their “best experiences” at the first fully virtual Natspec Games last week. Organisers are even… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News £80m rebuild puts troubled college’s merger on hold A multi-million-pound redevelopment which put a college’s finances at “significant risk” has now delayed its much-needed merger. Richmond-upon-Thames College… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News, Uncategorized ‘Important’ new FE data collection will start this month A workforce data collection “project” for the further education sector promised in the skills for jobs white paper will… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Third of apprentice assessors have never awarded a certificate More than one-third of organisations signed up to deliver apprenticeship assessments are yet to award any certificates, FE Week… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Sluggish start for government’s free IT qualifications Take-up of the government’s flagship free digital skills qualifications, which will replace all low-level IT courses studied annually by… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
