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 Skills reform Exclusive Intervention regime WILL include college failure to comply with local skills improvement plans New legislation will enable the education secretary to intervene where colleges refuse to deliver courses decided through local skills… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Festival of Education goes virtual for 2021 This year’s Festival of Education will take place online and will be free to watch. It was hoped that… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News GCSE and A-level grades 2021: ‘I will back you all the way’, Williamson says to teachers The education secretary has pledged to back teachers “all the way” in their efforts to award GCSE and A-level… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Colleges and training providers in line for £35m slice of the Turing Scheme Around a third of the funding pot set aside for the Turing Scheme will go to further education providers,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA announces new subcontracting cap The volume of subcontracted training will be capped at 25 per cent for providers from next year – but… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
