News DfE will now ‘replace’ and ‘repurpose’ the cancelled monthly apprenticeship statistics The Department for Education appears to have backtracked on a decision to scrap monthly apprenticeship data releases by now… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Plans to scrap MBA apprenticeship delayed until possibly 2021 Government plans to axe the controversial MBA qualification from the level 7 senior leader apprenticeship have been put on… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Monthly apprenticeships update: February starts fall 11% Apprenticeship starts for the month of February 2020 fell 11 per cent on the previous year, figures published this… Nick Linford 5y Nick Linford 5y News ESFA will individually ‘challenge’ hundreds of apprenticeship providers after poor achievement rates Providers that failed to meet the minimum standard for apprenticeship achievement rates last year will be informed next week… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Education secretary quizzed by MPs on timing and scope of coronavirus supplier relief The education secretary today dodged an MP’s question about his department’s delay in launching supplier relief support for training… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Minister explains ‘anomaly’ leaving majority of apprenticeships ineligible for ESFA supplier relief The majority of apprenticeship providers are not eligible for supplier relief from the Department for Education because of the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Staggering’: DfE to stop the monthly publication of apprenticeship starts The Department for Education has been criticised for its “staggering” decision to scrap all in-year apprenticeship data releases. Officials… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE launches ‘Skills Toolkit’ to signpost to free online courses The Department for Education has launched a web page that signposts people to free courses that can develop their… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Free recording: In conversation with apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan FE Week was joined by apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan this afternoon for our latest webinar on the response to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted’s 1,700 staff ‘considerably under occupied’ admits chief inspector, but available to volunteer A “considerable number” of Ofsted’s 1,700 staff are under occupied despite offering themselves up as Covid-19 response volunteers, the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News All systems go: the virtual open day has arrived FE Week spoke to a handful of colleges that have cancelled their traditional summer open days and already started… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE scraps annual FE learner satisfaction survey The annual FE learner satisfaction survey has been axed for 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The decision was… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 830 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
