Adult education Somerset Skills & Learning to make more redundancies after latest AEB tender debacle Staff are being made redundant at a large community learning provider in Somerset after it was dealt yet another… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Troubled college forced into last-minute change of merger partner A troubled college’s plans to merge with a major college group have been abandoned at the eleventh hour after… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Pearson to return 33% of exam fees Pearson has finally revealed its hand on exam fee rebates, announcing today it will return 33 per cent of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Bidding opens for £7m flexi-job apprenticeship development fund Applications have opened for a £7 million fund to set up flexible apprenticeships in sectors struggling to meet the… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Sponsored post Sponsored UK Training Provider The Skills Network announce new Sexual Consent course following changes to Ofsted regulations In response to updated regulatory guidance on safeguarding against sexual harassment and crimes within education settings, UK training provider… The Skills Network 4y The Skills Network 4y News New £55k chair wanted to steer Ofqual through ‘unprecedented challenges’ The government is searching for a new Ofqual chair to steer the regulator through “unprecedented challenges” and shape the… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News ESFA U-turns on banning providers from assessing learning difficulties for funding The government has U-turned on a controversial new funding rule which could have meant apprentices’ learning difficulties could have… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Subcontracting rules watered down just a day after being published A new rule that would force providers to gain permission before charging subcontracting management fees above 20 per cent… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Hospitality and catering courses added to level 3 lifetime skills guarantee offer The government has added hospitality and catering courses to its new level 3 adult offer after controversially excluding the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Williamson slammed for ‘ignoring’ concerns about scrapping BTECs Twelve education bodies have today slammed the education secretary for “ignoring” their concerns and ploughing ahead with plans to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Union calls for formal review after OCR confirms 42% exam fees rebate Exam board OCR has confirmed it will give schools and colleges a rebate of 42 per cent of fees… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Colleges invited to use cost-cutting consultants Colleges will be given access to the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s army of cost-cutting advisers from September. The… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 842 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
