News WorldSkills UK LIVE cancelled again – but national skills competitions return The country’s biggest skills and careers event has been cancelled for a second year – but national skills competitions… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Apprenticeships Call for new ‘baccalaureate’ to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships A three-year ‘baccalaureate’ should be introduced to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships, a think tank has said. A… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges take adult education clawback battle to Downing Street Colleges have called on the prime minister to intervene in the government’s “devastating” adult education clawback plans that risk… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Prison education: Three days of strikes announced Education staff at 49 prisons across England will go on three days of strike action in the coming weeks… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Staggering’ number of college students ‘between one and four months behind’, AoC survey warns A “staggering” three quarters of 16 to 18-year-old college students are performing below normal expectations and are between one… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion Sponsored AAC 2021 | An opportunity to look to recovery and the future of apprenticeships At the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) in 2020 we all gathered in Birmingham knowing that it was… Shane Mann 5y KIRSTIE DONNELLY 5y News Ofsted to visit ‘sample’ of colleges where sexual abuse has been reported Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse will see the watchdog make on-site visits to a “sample” of colleges where abuse… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Recruit teachers by talking up prestige of profession, DfE told Talk about the “magic” of teaching, and less about structures and funding routes, to attract more people into the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government ‘expects’ to drop face masks in classrooms requirement by May Students should no longer be required to wear face masks in classrooms from 17 May, the Department for Education… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Race report ‘avoids tackling’ systematic discrimination in apprentice recruitment An ethnic minority representative group has slammed a prime ministerial commission’s proposal for an apprentice recruitment campaign “highly targeted”… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Swithenbank’s payoff revealed as auditors confirm financial regulations breached The former chief executive of Hull College Group received £219,000 last year, despite only being in post for 67… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Tripling traineeships: no growth yet, but new providers remain upbeat The government has failed to boost radically the number of traineeships in the first half of the year –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 854 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
