Ofsted Ofsted slams major NHS trust for rapid apprenticeship recruitment The trust made ‘insufficient progress’ in all three areas of a follow-up monitoring visit Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform Skills Bill: More government defeats as Lords debate careers, universal credit and apprenticeships The “report stage” in the House of Lords ended last night Shane Chowen 4y Shane Chowen 4y Colleges Four winners share the love our colleges prize Students and staff have produced a truly inspiring spread to celebrate Colleges Week Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Adult education Exclusive Devolved subcontracting in the dark Hundreds of millions worth of deals hidden by MCAs Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Why so secret?: Skills and Productivity Board faces challenge on its silences Were they silent, or were they silenced? Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Social background and college type can affect earnings and progression Social mobility charity Sutton Trust is calling for the pupil premium to extend to 16-19s. FE Week Reporter 4y FE Week Reporter 4y Adult education, Politics Bootcamps evaluation rings spending review alarm bells The government is oblivious to how many people from the first wave secured a job or received a pay… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Colleges Make climate education compulsory and give us £1.5bn to build sustainable campuses, colleges tell government Their demands have been made in a letter signed by 150 college bosses to prime minister Boris Johnson and… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y FE workforce FE staff offered scholarships to explore gaps in sector’s research The scheme is intended to tackle a ‘historic’ lack of research in the sector Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Presenting a curriculum that works for every learner, whoever they are or whatever they want to be Pearson has launched a free BTEC Options tool. Pearson Btec 4y Pearson Btec 4y Adult education Universal Credit training flexibility extended by six months Learners will continue to be able to receive Universal Credit while studying longer courses Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Prison education Give every prisoner in-cell access to the internet, charity tells chancellor Covid-19 exposed how prisons are ‘stuck in the digital dark ages, says Prisoners’ Education Trust Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 854 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 3d Josh Mellor 3d 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