News Nine things we learned from Ofsted’s 2019-20 annual report and accounts The education watchdog Ofsted has published its corporate annual report and accounts, which give an update on the inspectorate’s… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: Rules for new apprenticeship employer incentives The Education and Skills Funding Agency has this afternoon published details of the eligibility rules for the new apprenticeship… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News Small employer apprenticeship cap on starts to increase from 3 to 10 The number of apprentices that small employers can start through the digital apprenticeship service will increase from three to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE to run awareness campaign as part of ‘major’ reforms to higher technical qualifications A new public awareness campaign to boost the popularity of higher technical education is to be launched by government… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Life support for traineeships – but what exactly are they? The flagging traineeships programme was given a new lease of life by the government this week with a major… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News The training programme that stokes up the ‘engine room of FE colleges’ The middle tier of managers have become more and more pivotal as roles within FE senior leadership change. But… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News New Ofsted chair announced A former chief inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate has been appointed as Ofsted’s next chair. Dame Christine Ryan… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE to fund summer meals for vulnerable college students – but at a lower rate than schools The government has announced it will provide extra funding for disadvantaged college students to receive free meals over the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News HS2 college at risk of insolvency seeks partner The national college for HS2 is on the hunt for a provider to partner with following a grade four… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Treasury took back £330m of apprenticeships funding in 19-20 The Department for Education quietly handed back £330 million of the 2019-20 apprenticeships budget to the Treasury, FE Week… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Providers ‘seriously concerned’ that Kickstart will displace apprenticeships Training providers are “seriously concerned” that wage subsidies as part of the new £2.5 billion Kickstart scheme will displace… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Cabinet Office blocked T-level ads during lockdown The Cabinet Office blocked the Department for Education from promoting T-levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite first delivery of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 830 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 6d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 6d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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
