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 News Ofsted publishes first 10 ‘interim visit’ letters for FE providers Ofsted has this morning published the letters from its first 10 “interim visits” of FE providers that are taking… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Management clear-out planned for college running on emergency cash A college surviving on bailout funding is seeking to balance the books with a management clear-out. Twenty managers who… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News CBI calls time on ‘failed’ apprenticeship levy A major business representative group has called on the government to end its “failed experiment” of the apprenticeship levy. … Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
