News What Ofsted found in the first 10 ‘interim visits’ of FE providers Virtual work placements, redesigned curriculums for practical courses and borrowing prosthetic limbs are among the creative adjustments made by… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE lifts all provider T Level restrictions from 2024 The Department for Education has announced today any provider delivering 16 to 19 study programmes will be able to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Gateshead College to remain standalone after merger snub Bids from two north-east colleges to merge with an embattled neighbour have been snubbed by the FE commissioner. FE… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Anger and dismay as BAME apprenticeship figures fall Government efforts to increase apprenticeship take-up by black, Asian and minority ethnic young people have been slammed as a… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Up to £80m of unspent national retraining scheme cash on its way back to Treasury The Department for Education could be forced to hand back up to £80 million to the Treasury after closing… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE consults on scrapping quals competing with T Levels by 2023 The government has moved a step closer to removing funding for applied general qualifications, such as BTECs, that compete… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Share the Love award-winner announced as Colleges Week celebrates the sector The winner of the Share the Love (Our Colleges) competition has been announced by the Association of Colleges as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government researchers call for financial incentive to assess apprentices’ prior learning The government has been urged by their own researchers to stump up funding for assessing prior learning in apprenticeships,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion, Sponsored post Sponsored We cannot lose sight of the long-term unemployed (sponsored) In October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the unemployment rate in the UK continues to increase… Victoria Boyle 5y DAN HOWARD 5y News Exclusive Federation of Awarding Bodies appoints a pair of chairs Two well-known sector leaders have been appointed as the new co-chairs of the Federation of Awarding Bodies. Kirstie Donnelly,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The top 100 apprenticeship employers The British Army has been named the best apprentice employer in England in a new list of ‘Top 100 Apprentice Employers’ published… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE seeks Parliamentary Bill team ahead of ‘ambitious’ FE white paper The Department for Education is assembling a new team of legislators to implement education secretary Gavin Williamson’s “ambitious vision”… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 830 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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
