News AELP calls for one-off £8.6bn post-pandemic skills package The government should set aside an extra £8.6 billion for a one-off skills package to “reboot” the economy post-Covid-19,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Senior MPs question £3m spent on UTC membership body An influential cross-party group of MPs have raised concerns over the value for money offered by the membership body… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Switching off frameworks before standard ready is ‘right decision’, says IfATE boss The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education fully backed the ministerial decision to stick with the switch-off date for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive First college to delay reopening after coronavirus R rate rise A college in Tameside is delaying its wider reopening after being “strongly advised” to do so by its local… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News ETF discounts cost and reduces eligibility criteria for Advanced Teacher Status qualification The Education and Training Foundation is handing out 100 discounts worth £500 each to boost the number of FE… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE seeks 16 senior policy advisers ahead of FE ‘revolution’ The Department for Education is drafting in a group of new policy experts as it gears up for “revolutionary”… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ‘A very different September’ debated by roundtable of experts The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption across education, including cancelled exams and campus closures to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Sally Dicketts announced as AoC president-elect The chief executive of one of England’s largest college groups has been announced as the next president of the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive FE’s fight to tackle hate crime Hate crimes in colleges have almost tripled in four years as leaders seek to raise awareness in light of… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Terminated: ESFA bin apprenticeship providers for low achievement rates Apprenticeship providers have been left shocked after the Education and Skills Funding Agency ignored their own coronavirus deferral policy… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Labour ‘concerned’ and brand promise of an apprenticeship guarantee a ‘deception’ Labour’s shadow apprenticeships minister has branded the prime minister’s “apprenticeship guarantee” proposal a “deception”. Toby Perkins told FE Week… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Winners of the AoC Beacon Awards 2020 announced Top colleges across the country are celebrating receiving honours in the Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards 2019-20. The winners… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
