News Revealed: The 68 apprenticeship standards to be overseen by Ofqual from November The 68 apprenticeship standards which will have the quality assurance of end-point assessments transferred from the Institute of Apprenticeships… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Independent Commission on the College of the Future releases final UK-wide report The government should introduce a duty on colleges to deliver an education offer aligned to employer needs, a commission… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Colleges applying for bailouts will NOT be automatically placed in formal intervention, DfE says Colleges which apply for government bailouts will not automatically fall into formal intervention from now on, the Department for… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News What Ofsted found in the first 10 ‘interim visits’ of FE providers Virtual work placements, redesigned curriculums for practical courses and borrowing prosthetic limbs are among the creative adjustments made by… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE lifts all provider T Level restrictions from 2024 The Department for Education has announced today any provider delivering 16 to 19 study programmes will be able to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Gateshead College to remain standalone after merger snub Bids from two north-east colleges to merge with an embattled neighbour have been snubbed by the FE commissioner. FE… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Anger and dismay as BAME apprenticeship figures fall Government efforts to increase apprenticeship take-up by black, Asian and minority ethnic young people have been slammed as a… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Up to £80m of unspent national retraining scheme cash on its way back to Treasury The Department for Education could be forced to hand back up to £80 million to the Treasury after closing… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE consults on scrapping quals competing with T Levels by 2023 The government has moved a step closer to removing funding for applied general qualifications, such as BTECs, that compete… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Share the Love award-winner announced as Colleges Week celebrates the sector The winner of the Share the Love (Our Colleges) competition has been announced by the Association of Colleges as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government researchers call for financial incentive to assess apprentices’ prior learning The government has been urged by their own researchers to stump up funding for assessing prior learning in apprenticeships,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion, Sponsored post Sponsored We cannot lose sight of the long-term unemployed (sponsored) In October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the unemployment rate in the UK continues to increase… Victoria Boyle 5y DAN HOWARD 5y Newer 1 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 804 Older Must read Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
