News Minister forces all employers to drop PhD apprenticeship plans The skills minister has rejected all plans for PhD-level apprenticeships after concluding that funding them from the levy would… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News £100m NHS apprenticeship tender for level 2 administrators despite framework switch off The NHS is to spend up to £100 million on delivering a tailored level 2 apprenticeship for administrators. From… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC calls for £3.6bn post-pandemic skills package The government should set aside an extra £3.6 billion to upskill the “764,000 people most at risk” post-Covid-19, according… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News New free digital skills qualifications given ESFA green light but Ofqual proving a barrier The government has confirmed that free digital skills qualifications for adults will finally be launched from August 1 –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Another 18 schools and colleges named as ‘edtech demonstrators’ The government has announced another 18 schools and colleges handed up to £150,000 each to become “edtech demonstrators”. They… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted to publish paused inspection reports from next week Ofsted will begin publishing the inspection reports that were held back because of the coronavirus pandemic from next week…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus covered: Coupland in conversation with FE Week FE Week was joined by Jennifer Coupland, chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), during… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Frustration builds as Ofsted refuses to inspect paused providers The indefinite pausing of Ofsted inspections could force an apprenticeship provider to make redundancies, its managing director has told… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE scraps provider quality criteria in final phase of T-level roll out The requirement for colleges and other training providers to be rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted to deliver T-levels… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News T-levels: The providers selected to run courses in 2022 The names of a further 88 colleges, training providers and schools chosen to deliver T-levels in the third wave… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News T-level wobble as another four providers cancel September launch plans Four providers due to teach the first T-levels in just three months’ time have announced they will delay delivery… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Multi-million pound cut to College Collaboration Fund as DfE reopens applications The Department for Education has slashed the College Collaboration Fund (CCF) by more than a third as it reopens… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 839 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
