News Exclusive ‘Absurd’: Small employers blocked from apprentice cash incentives Small employers are being blocked from the government’s apprentice cash incentives due to a “bonkers” cap on starts, an… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Turing scheme opens for bids Colleges and training providers can now apply for funding to send students and apprentices to study or work internationally… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Skills reform Revealed: Complex allocations for the ‘targeted level 3 adult offer’ Just over £118 million has been set aside to pay for the new “targeted level 3 adult offer” across… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Skills reform Exclusive FE white paper: Employer casts doubt on chambers of commerce leading role Chambers of commerce are “not close enough to industry” to play a leading role in the skills system as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News 2022 exams may need similar ‘adaptations’ as those proposed for 2021, warns Ofqual chief The government is considering making “adaptations” to exams in 2022 similar to those proposed for this summer’s assessments before… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted to end progress monitoring visits next week to prioritise new provider inspections Progress monitoring visits of grade three and four FE providers will end from March 15 as inspections of new… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Feature, News How does the Turing scheme compare to Erasmus? The Turing scheme will open for applications this month. We spoke to sector professionals to compare the newcomer with… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News Exclusive DfE was aware of bootcamps gender issue but has plans to tackle it The Department for Education knew its flagship skills bootcamps could be flooded with male learners but has a raft… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News New provider monitoring visits back on for March 15 New provider monitoring visits will resume from March 15 – and they will be conducted face-to-face, Ofsted has confirmed…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News ‘Flexi-job’ apprenticeships: What are they and how will they work? Several industries where project-based employment is the norm have struggled more than most to comply with the 12-month minimum… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Covid-19 Exclusive Williamson defends independent provider Covid-19 testing ‘madness’ The education secretary has defended the controversial delay in distributing Covid-19 testing kits to independent training providers. In an… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Skills bootcamps ‘counter-intuitive’ to long-term FE simplification, top civil servant admits Pilot schemes, such as skills bootcamps, are “counter-intuitive” to the Department for Education’s long-term goal of simplifying the FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 832 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
