News Exclusive Uproar as DfE researchers to ban jobless bootcamp applicants…at random Training providers have been left livid and refusing to sign contracts after the Department for Education revealed their researchers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 Newer 1 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 854 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