Apprenticeships Sunak extends apprenticeship employer incentives and Kickstart scheme Apprentice incentives will run until end of January while Kickstart will go until end of March Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Inclusivity and diversity apprentice panel helps provider gain top Ofsted marks The provider’s online community platform has impressed the watchdg and improved attainment Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform Pearson’s spotlight on workforce skills report: The key recommendations The report proposes relaxing rules on equivalent or lower qualifications and giving local leaders more say on skills Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y 16-19 Exclusive Clumsy, complex and slow: business puts the boot into Kickstart New figures reveal less than two-fifths of Kickstart jobs created have been filled Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Spending Review Spending review: will it be trick or treat for the sector? Groups such as the CBI and UCU have put in submissions for the three-year spending review Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Assessment Exclusive College defends keeping A-level inquiry secret amid community backlash The college has also insisted they have kept staff in the loop on how the review has been run Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y EDI BAME apprentice awards: back in person – and bigger than ever One of the winners was credited for ‘showing a real passion for the women in STEM agenda’ Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Assessment, Covid-19 2022 exams: What you need to know about plan B DfE and Ofqual seeking views on draft teacher assessed grades guidance Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Assessment, Covid-19 2022 exams: Adaptions and grading plan finally confirmed Assessment adaptations and Covid contingencies have been revealed. Samantha Booth 4y Samantha Booth 4y Traineeships ESFA opens bids for new 16 to 18 traineeships contracts Contracts worth between £100,000 and £300,000 are up for grabs Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Politics DfE confirms remits for FE’s two new ministers It has finally been revealed how splitting FE and skills policy between ministers will work Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Colleges Three more college strikes abandoned as 10 other walkouts get underway Staff have been on the picket line since 8am this morning Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
