News Confirmed: Exams watchdog to takeover apprenticeship assessment quality checks Exams watchdog Ofqual is to take the lead in a “new simplified external quality assurance (EQA) system” for apprenticeships… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y Sponsored post Sponsored The Skills Network’s Free LMS To Accelerate Providers’ Online Delivery Leading online learning provider, The Skills Network (TSN), has today announced that it will permanently offer its learning platform… The Skills Network 6y The Skills Network 6y News Exclusive Colleges in administration miss third transfer date as accountants continue to rack up fees The only FE colleges in administration, Hadlow College and West Kent College, continue to be owned and run by… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News DfE launches new matching and redundancy support service for apprentices A new service that allows employers to share their vacancies with redundant apprentices has been launched by the Department… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA scraps minimum duration repeat rule for returning apprentices A minimum duration rule that was preventing some people from returning to and finishing an apprenticeship will be scrapped… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Adult education charity to close despite plans for a rescue deal A long-running adult education charity in Brighton is to close with the loss of almost 50 jobs tomorrow after… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA scraps provider achievement rate reports Colleges and training providers will not have access to qualification achievement rate (QAR) reports to use internally for 2019/20,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Monthly apprenticeships update: May starts fall 60% Apprenticeship starts for the month of May 2020 fell 60 per cent on the previous year, figures published this… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 300 redundancies planned at England’s largest apprenticeship provider England’s largest apprenticeship provider is planning to slash around 300 jobs as it battles with “significantly reduced” learner numbers… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Adult education ESFA ‘withdraws’ AEB funding clawback plans following sector backlash The Education and Skills Funding Agency has “withdrawn” plans to clawback this year’s unspent adult education budget grant funding… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Second round of ESFA Covid-19 supplier relief attracts 112 provider bids Just 112 providers applied for the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s second Covid-19 supplier relief scheme – and 35… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News ESFA plan traineeship funding tender despite history of tendering woes The Education and Skills Funding Agency is to launch a tender to “quickly” widen the provider base for adult… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo