Apprenticeships Call for new ‘baccalaureate’ to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships A three-year ‘baccalaureate’ should be introduced to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships, a think tank has said. A… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges take adult education clawback battle to Downing Street Colleges have called on the prime minister to intervene in the government’s “devastating” adult education clawback plans that risk… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Prison education: Three days of strikes announced Education staff at 49 prisons across England will go on three days of strike action in the coming weeks… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Staggering’ number of college students ‘between one and four months behind’, AoC survey warns A “staggering” three quarters of 16 to 18-year-old college students are performing below normal expectations and are between one… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion Sponsored AAC 2021 | An opportunity to look to recovery and the future of apprenticeships At the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) in 2020 we all gathered in Birmingham knowing that it was… Shane Mann 5y KIRSTIE DONNELLY 5y News Ofsted to visit ‘sample’ of colleges where sexual abuse has been reported Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse will see the watchdog make on-site visits to a “sample” of colleges where abuse… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Recruit teachers by talking up prestige of profession, DfE told Talk about the “magic” of teaching, and less about structures and funding routes, to attract more people into the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government ‘expects’ to drop face masks in classrooms requirement by May Students should no longer be required to wear face masks in classrooms from 17 May, the Department for Education… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Race report ‘avoids tackling’ systematic discrimination in apprentice recruitment An ethnic minority representative group has slammed a prime ministerial commission’s proposal for an apprentice recruitment campaign “highly targeted”… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Swithenbank’s payoff revealed as auditors confirm financial regulations breached The former chief executive of Hull College Group received £219,000 last year, despite only being in post for 67… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Tripling traineeships: no growth yet, but new providers remain upbeat The government has failed to boost radically the number of traineeships in the first half of the year –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges will need to do their own funding audits – ESFA rules The government body responsible for funding assurance appears to have lost confidence in itself. The Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 829 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