News Official figures reveal take up of adult education courses halved during lockdown The number of enrolments onto adult education courses in the months following lockdown dropped by half compared to the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Winners of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 announced “Outstanding” employers and individuals have been recognised at this year’s National Apprenticeship Awards – including a Great Ormond Street… Simon Kay 5y Simon Kay 5y News Spending review speed read: What is in it for FE and skills? The chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled his one-year spending review for 2021-22. Here is what it includes for FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Apprentice minimum wage to rise again in April 2021 The national minimum wage for apprentices will increase next April from £4.15 to £4.30 per hour, the Treasury has announced… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Spending review: £291m to ‘maintain’ FE base rate and £83m for growing number of 16-19s The funding base rate for 16 to 19-year-olds is set to remain at £4,188 in 2021-22 following a £291… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Crumbs: Spending review extends apprenticeship employer incentives by just two months A two-month extension is set to be applied to the government’s cash bonus scheme for hiring apprentices in tomorrow’s… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Highbury College agrees merger partner A crisis-hit college has agreed to merge with a neighbouring sixth form college as it continues its road to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Sponsored BTEC Awards 2021 | CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE BTEC AWARDS! 24/11/2020 Download Feature, News Exclusive Are lifelong learner accounts back on the cards? The government is flirting with the language of learner power reminiscent of an old New Labour policy. Jess Staufenberg… Jess Staufenberg 5y Jess Staufenberg 5y News AoC calls for adult funding boost ahead of spending review Funding rates for adult learners must be raised to the same level as 16 to 19-year-olds to ensure courses… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News WorldSkills: UK beats China in first virtual pressure test The UK’s elite squad of skilled young people in electronics has beaten their Chinese counterparts in this country’s first… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive DfE hiring spree for Covid response A huge recruitment drive has been launched at the Department for Education to aid its response to Covid-19, with… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 830 Older Must read 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 7d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 7d 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
