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 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 Newer 1 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 851 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
