News Apprenticeship provider register to open to all new applicants later this month The register of apprenticeship training providers will be opened to all corners this month, but new applicants will only… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Apprenticeships New Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education chair named A life peer who stood in the London mayoral election for 2020 has been appointed as the Institute for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The FE providers to win Turing Scheme funding Over one hundred colleges and training providers have been awarded funding under the government’s new Turing Scheme – but… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y 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 5y The Skills Network 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y 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 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 854 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