News Integrated degree in digital solutions apprenticeship gets stay of execution as wider review gets under way The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is delaying its decision on whether to remove the integrated degree from… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Recognising FE’s role in equipping our key workers’ 10 key workers share their experience of working and learning as they kept the UK going during lockdown, in… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Possible stay of execution for Newton Rigg College A land-based college facing closure could retain its educational purpose after the government agreed to conduct a review of… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News ESFA launch second round of supplier relief to run July to October The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today launched its second Covid-19 provider relief scheme. FE providers can now… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked The shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for Starmer… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Pearson unveils 2020 BTEC award winners in its first ever online awards ceremony The winners of Pearson’s tenth annual BTEC Awards are being announced in a ceremony this afternoon which is taking… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown, new data reveals Apprenticeship starts have dropped by almost half since lockdown compared to the same period last year, according to new… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive College to axe 107 jobs after ‘short-sighted’ DfE rejects Covid support plea A college in Yorkshire is to make over 100 staff redundant and its principal has branded the government “short-sighted”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College sector could lose £2bn out of £7bn next year, claims AoC boss Total income across colleges in England could fall by £2 billion next year as the “enormous impact” of Covid-19… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Social Mobility Commission finds apprenticeship system ‘failing’ young disadvantaged people The apprenticeships system is “failing” young disadvantaged people and needs “decisive” government action to stop it from becoming worse,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y 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 Newer 1 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
