News Applications open for new £18m higher technical qualifications expansion fund Colleges and universities are being invited to bid for a slice of a new £18 million fund to expand… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive 20,000 students ‘shocked’ as UCAS glitch rejects university offers Tens of thousands of students faced more stress this morning as a glitch in UCAS’s system automatically rejected their… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Ofsted Colleges must share sexual abuse records for future Ofsted inspections Colleges will have to share their records and analysis of sexual abuse when Ofsted comes knocking in the future…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Teacher-assessed qualifications to be excluded from achievement rates – again Provider-level qualification achievement rates (QARs) will include only some courses in 2020/21, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government should fund apprentice wages for SMEs, says Halfon The government should pay apprentice wages and fund their full cost of training “for at least a year” if… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Skills reform Universal credit rules hold people back from training, warns report Universal credit rules are excluding people from training and must be scrapped if the government is serious about its… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Apprenticeships Keegan stands firm on keeping levy funding for apprenticeships The skills minister has restated her stance that apprenticeship levy funding should only be used for apprenticeships, insisting it… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government careers agency bemoans lack of Baker Clause compliance The head of the government’s careers quango has bemoaned how independent providers have not been given enough access to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News AELP conference to warn against new ‘costly’ list of independent training providers Training providers will this week warn against new legislation in the Skills Bill that they fear will impose “costly… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Senior mental health lead training: 5 things you need to know Up to two-thirds of schools and colleges will have to wait until at least next spring to hear if… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Sir Kevan Collins resigns as government education recovery tsar The government’s education recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins has offered his resignation after ministers allocated just £1.4 billion in… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Prison educators plan further strikes in health and safety dispute Another wave of strike action by educators has been announced at 49 prisons and young offenders’ institutions. The University… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo