News Turing scheme opens for bids Colleges and training providers can now apply for funding to send students and apprentices to study or work internationally… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Skills reform Revealed: Complex allocations for the ‘targeted level 3 adult offer’ Just over £118 million has been set aside to pay for the new “targeted level 3 adult offer” across… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Skills reform Exclusive FE white paper: Employer casts doubt on chambers of commerce leading role Chambers of commerce are “not close enough to industry” to play a leading role in the skills system as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News 2022 exams may need similar ‘adaptations’ as those proposed for 2021, warns Ofqual chief The government is considering making “adaptations” to exams in 2022 similar to those proposed for this summer’s assessments before… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y 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 Newer 1 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 851 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo