News GCSE and A-level autumn series grades to be based only on exams, Ofqual confirms Student grades in this year’s autumn exam series will be based on their performance in the tests alone, not… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News PM promises ‘every young person’ the ‘chance of an apprenticeship or an in-work placement’ The prime minister has promised to offer an “opportunity guarantee” that will give “every young person the chance of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Official figures reveal 85% fall in apprenticeship vacancies The number of vacancies on the government’s Find An Apprenticeship website plummeted by more than 80 per cent in… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exams regulator to lose their FE lead The head of Ofqual’s vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) department is stepping down. Phil Beach, who is currently leading… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government to ‘fast track’ £200m of £1.5bn capital budget to refurbish colleges The government is to make £200 million of its £1.5 billion college capital funding pot available from this September… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Kate Green appointed shadow education secretary Kate Green has been appointed as the new shadow education secretary. The MP for Stretford and Urmston, a former… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News New employer incentives will form part of ‘apprenticeship guarantee’, claims ESFA director The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s director for apprenticeships has revealed that discussions are underway with Treasury about what… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News New ESFA apprenticeships director pledges ‘collaboration, communication, and clarity’ with the sector The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s new director for apprenticeships has pledged more “collaboration, communication, and clarity” as he… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Integrated degree in digital solutions apprenticeship gets stay of execution as wider review gets under way The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is delaying its decision on whether to remove the integrated degree from… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Recognising FE’s role in equipping our key workers’ 10 key workers share their experience of working and learning as they kept the UK going during lockdown, in… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Possible stay of execution for Newton Rigg College A land-based college facing closure could retain its educational purpose after the government agreed to conduct a review of… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News ESFA launch second round of supplier relief to run July to October The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today launched its second Covid-19 provider relief scheme. FE providers can now… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo