News Sponsored New Esports BTEC a game-changer (sponsored) The billion-dollar market for competitive video gaming is continuing to rise, with new jobs requiring fresh talent. And it’s… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y News Coronavirus: College announces two week ‘circuit breaker’ A college has announced plans to close its campus for a two week “circuit breaker” to combat rising coronavirus… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Warning that massive competition for limited traineeship funding will repeat controversial non-levy tender The traineeship tender is set to be deluged with “in excess of 3,000 bidders”, with the vast majority likely… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive DfE goes soft on apprenticeship public sector reporting rule The Department for Education looks to have relaxed the requirement for public bodies to publish their progress towards the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Digital skills bootcamps: What are they and how will they work? The digital skills bootcamps announced with the prime minister’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee could lead to adult education budget provision… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Second wave of Institutes of Technology will feature ‘strengthened’ criteria New Institutes of Technology (IoTs) will require greater collaboration between colleges and set more ambitious student recruitment targets, FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC survey reveals SME gloom on employee skills A college representative body has marked the start of an annual celebration of the sector with a survey highlighting… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Flagship retraining service scrapped after pilot flopped A multi-million-pound flagship national retraining service has been scrapped by the Department for Education after several mayors, including London’s,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Entire campuses will close for November GCSE resits, AoC warns Colleges in high and very high Covid-19 risk areas will be forced to close entire campuses to cater for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News End-point assessments could be scrapped for up to 30 apprenticeships End-point assessments for around 30 apprenticeship standards could be scrapped under new plans announced today. The Institute for Apprenticeships… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: Government appoints two new board members at apprenticeships quango Two new members have been appointed to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education’s (IfATE) board. John Cope and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprentices to be given functional skills reprieve after being ‘stuck in limbo’ A flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment before their functional skills exam is set to be… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 854 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