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 News Exclusive Adult education budget tender delayed again An upcoming tender for the national adult education budget has been delayed – again. The Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive ESFA to audit university apprenticeships, from April Universities that deliver apprenticeships will be subject to Education and Skills Funding Agency funding audits for the first time… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Revealed: The sectors excluded from PM’s new ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ Major parts of the economy will see level 3 qualifications in their sector excluded from the new Lifetime Skills… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News MPs launch inquiry into prison education A new inquiry into the challenges faced in prison education has been launched by the parliamentary education select committee…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA reveals major cashflow problems at mega-college in Nottingham A mega-college in Nottingham has been placed in formal FE Commissioner intervention after hitting “serious cashflow pressures”. The Education… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
