News Exclusive Colleges call for change to GCSE ranking plans for huge cohorts Colleges are calling on Ofqual to relax plans for ranking GCSE students within each grade this summer, as doing… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Talks underway to extend apprenticeship frameworks cut-off date The cut-off date for starts on old-style apprenticeships, known as frameworks, could be extended, the chief operating officer of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive More apprenticeship disappointment as DfE confirms some non-levy to be ineligible for supplier relief Apprenticeships with small businesses funded via an employer transfer or that have recently transitioned onto the government’s digital system… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AELP turns to lawyers after minister claims apprenticeship providers ineligible for supplier relief The Association of Employment and Learning Providers will seek formal legal advice to challenge the government’s decision to exclude… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minister tells MPs over 1,000 apprenticeship providers will not be given any supplier relief More than 1,000 apprenticeship providers that only train levy-paying employers will not be eligible for supplier relief support from… martin buckner 6y martin buckner 6y News FE needs an independent pay panel, says report An independent panel for FE pay should be formed to help fix the disparity between technical lecturer salaries and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE fears not all providers able to submit funding data The monthly data return to claim FE funding, known as the individualised learner record (ILR), need only be returned… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE to launch online portal for colleges to apply for free student laptops Thousands of disadvantaged students across the country are being offered free laptops and tablets to continue learning at home… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Adult education DfE concedes AEB and apprenticeship funded providers ‘may be eligible for support’ in new guidance Adult education and apprenticeship funded training providers “may be eligible for support” in line with the Cabinet Office’s supplier… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE publishes furlough rules for colleges and training providers The government has this evening published their rules for furloughing staff for colleges and training providers. Here they are… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News NHS opens coronavirus testing sites on college car parks College car parks are being transformed into coronavirus testing centres for NHS and care sector workers. Hopwood Hall College,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Revealed: Training providers supporting new Nightingale hospital Two midlands-based independent training providers have rushed to the aid of the region’s new coronavirus hospital. Performance Through People… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 830 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
