News Government suggests schools and colleges relax phone bans to allow use of NHS Covid app The government has suggested that schools and colleges with bans on mobile phones relax their policies in order to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored The Skills Network offer award-winning LMS at no cost Last month, leading learning technology provider The Skills Network (TSN) announced that it will permanently offer its award-winning learning… The Skills Network 5y The Skills Network 5y News Education sector appears exempt from new Covid restrictions in battle against second wave No changes have been announced for the FE sector despite a list of new restrictions for England. Prime minister… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Minister’s office breaks apprenticeship recruitment pledge A pledge to fill all junior roles with apprentices until the end of December has already been broken by… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Apprenticeship provider register closure ‘stalling’ training industry, says former SFA manager A former Skills Funding Agency manager has accused the government of “stalling” the training industry at a time of… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Revealed: First 20 colleges chosen for the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence The 20 colleges which will take part in the first year of the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence have… Simon Kay 5y Simon Kay 5y News Membership of AoC’s new steering group to increase the diversity of leadership and governance revealed The members of the Association of Colleges’ new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) steering group have today been revealed…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News No mandatory face masks, and 7 other things you need to know about autumn exams The government has released further guidance on how schools and colleges must prepare for autumn exams to best protect… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored post Sponsored 5 things that make a brilliant 16-19 employability programme We’re keen to work with like minded organisations to help learners boost their skills, confidence and go the distance… NCFE 5y NCFE 5y News Exclusive Apprentice quality assurance charges to end from October Controversial £40 charges for the external quality assurance of apprenticeship endpoint-assessment will start being phased out as soon as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Strip colleges of autonomy to choose course offer, says report Colleges should be forced to surrender their powers to decide what courses they run to new, local FE directors,… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Ofsted wins battle to inspect ALL apprenticeships Ofsted will soon be handed powers to inspect all universities that offer apprenticeships – including the likes of Cambridge,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 813 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 1w Jessica Hill 1w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo