News Exclusive Apprenticeship providers struggling to adapt to new Ofsted framework? Last September Ofsted began inspecting apprenticeship providers using their new framework. Out went the Common Inspection Framework (CIF), in… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprenticeships quango adviser quits after breaking advertising rules An adviser to the government’s apprenticeship quango has quit after FE Week found he had set up an assessment… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Game over for level 2 business admin apprenticeship Hopes for a level 2 business administration standard were shattered today after the new boss of the government’s apprenticeship… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofqual win: Employers to lose ownership of quality assuring apprentice assessments The government is consulting on plans to dump employers when it comes to external quality assurance of apprentices –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Apprenticeship starts fall 12 percent in December The number of apprenticeship starts in England plunged by 12 per cent in December, according to government figures published… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News MBA apprenticeship faces cull as Williamson ‘unconvinced’ The education secretary has demanded a review into the controversial MBA apprenticeship “to safeguard the integrity of the apprenticeship… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y Governance Government to tender for college board recruitment and audit service The Department for Education has announced it will be piloting a college governor recruitment scheme and board performance audits…. Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE launches £9m College Collaboration Fund to replace £15m Strategic College Improvement Fund The education secretary Gavin Williamson is launching a new £9 million “collaboration” fund in a bid to improve governance… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence project aims to support 1,000 lecturers The organisation behind the UK’s performance in international skills competitions is launching the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence project… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Who’s who? Your guide to the new ministerial line-up at the DfE The remits of the new ministerial team at the Department for Education have been confirmed following Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA announce date for full rollout of digital apprenticeship system All apprenticeship starts will be managed through the government’s digital apprenticeship service from 1 November 2020, the Education and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Catholic sixth form in need of partner to survive, claims FE Commissioner A Blackburn-based catholic sixth form college is no longer “sustainable” due to falling student numbers, the FE commissioner has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 813 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
