News Cross-party group of MPs urge education secretary to include 16-19s in £1bn Covid catch-up plan A cross-party group of MPs has written to Gavin Williamson today urging him “to extend eligibility for the Covid… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News EU students to be barred from FE loans next year Students from the European Union will lose eligibility for advanced learner loans from August next year, the government confirmed… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE colleges to fully reopen in September is the ‘intention’, says PM It is the government’s “intention” to get colleges “back in September”, the prime minister said today after announcing that… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Treasury excluded colleges from £1bn catch-up fund just hours before DfE announcement It was the Treasury’s decision to pull colleges from the Department for Education’s £1 billion Covid-19 catch-up plan, FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The 22 areas sharing £2m in careers hubs funding Almost 900 additional schools and colleges will join the government’s careers hubs from September as the programme expands with… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA finally reveals Covid financial support offer for 16-19 private training providers Private training providers whose recruitment of 16 to 19 students has been “limited” due to Covid-19 have been offered… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Principals sound warning on high cost of Covid safety measures College leaders have warned of spiralling Covid-19 safety costs as their membership body calls for a £70 million fund… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Speed read: The 8 apprenticeship assessment concerns according to Ofqual Ofqual has today published the findings of their initial “technical evaluations” of apprentice end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs). It covers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges announce free summer food scheme for vulnerable 16-18s Two colleges have announced they will offer free meals over the summer holidays to their most vulnerable 16-to-18-year-old students…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive How one college has adapted to welcome back more students On March 20 colleges closed their doors to most students as the country entered lockdown following the outbreak of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE snubbed in ‘corrected’ DfE £1bn catch-up plans The government is facing fierce criticism for snubbing colleges from its £1 billion Covid-19 “catch-up” package after appearing to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Wages for young apprentices to be funded by Tees Valley combined authority The mayor of Tees Valley has earmarked £1 million to pay the wages of more than 100 young apprentices… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 830 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
