News Does Labour employ any apprentices? The shadow education secretary has refused to reveal if the Labour Party employs even one apprentice. At FE Week’s… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Revealed: Thousands of level 5 management apprentices dropped-out last year Thousands of apprentices on a new level 5 management programme have already dropped out of the course, official figures… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Plans to limit apprenticeship providers by sectors move forward The Education and Skills Funding Agency has moved a step closer to limiting apprenticeship providers’ delivery to the sectors… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Northern College faces ‘perfect storm’ and shock battle to survive An adult residential college is facing a financial crisis that threatens its survival following a funding audit and government… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: Finalists announced for the 2021 AAC Apprenticeship Awards The national finalists for this year’s FE Week and AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards have been revealed. From 350 entries… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Apprenticeships Labour ‘interested in exploring’ devolved apprenticeships funding Labour is “interested in exploring” greater devolution of skills budgets to mayoral combined authorities, its shadow education secretary has… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Finalists for AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2021 to be announced tonight LIVE The finalists for the FE Week and AELP AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2021 will be revealed at a virtual celebration… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Apprenticeship quality remains ‘troubling’, says Ofsted chief Ofsted’s chief inspector has warned the quality of apprenticeship training is still “troubling”. Following the resumption of new provider… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Level 2 business admin apprenticeship replacement could arrive as soon as September The apprenticeship regulator is reviewing a proposal for a level 2 business administration replacement, which employers hope to have… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News WATCH Roundtable | Mental Health & Wellbeing in FE – priorities post-pandemic FE Week recently held a virtual round table discussing mental health and wellbeing in the FE and Skills Sector…. Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y Long read Exclusive Should the Further Education Trust for Leadership be replaced? The Further Education Trust for Leadership think tank will close this year. Should the model be replicated? Jess Staufenberg… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News Crawley College evacuated following suspected shooting Staff and students have been evacuated from Crawley College after a suspected shooting near its campus. Two people have… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 832 Older Must read 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo