News Ofqual seeks apprenticeship director to lead new ‘field team’ Ofqual is hiring a director to lead a new apprenticeships team that will be “operating in the field” as… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Applications open for WorldSkills Centre of Excellence Colleges from across the UK are now being invited to take part in the first wave of the WorldSkills… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Feature, News Free meals: are vouchers what colleges need to cater for the vulnerable? In the absence of the government’s promised universal voucher system, colleges and ITPs have already taken matters into their… JL Dutaut 6y JL Dutaut 6y News Atkins offers ‘confidential’ support in light of Covid-19 The FE Commissioner has offered “confidential” support to any colleges struggling financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News How the FE sector is adapting to the coronavirus crisis Colleges and training providers have adapted in positive and innovative ways to continue learning and support the local community… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News AELP not convinced with subcontracting overhaul A major sector body has rejected nearly half the proposals in a government consultation which aims to radically overhaul… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Cash-strapped college set to sell campus for up to £10m A college is set to sell a campus for up to £10 million in the coming days despite local… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News ESFA’s supposed solution to NHS business admin conundrum A successful alternative to the business admin level 2 apprenticeship, for NHS Trusts at least, has been found, according… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Troubled HS2 college spent £73K on failed Ofsted legal challenge The beleaguered National College for HS2 blew £73,000 on a failed legal attempt at stopping Ofsted publishing a grade… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Education secretary writes to all FE providers to express his ‘deepest gratitude’ Education secretary Gavin Williamson has written to college leaders, independent training and adult education providers today to thank them… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: Exams regulator to set out details of process and timetable ‘next week’ Detailed information about how students will be assessed for this summer’s GCSEs and A-levels won’t be published until next… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Apprenticeship funding and quality assurance consultations extended by 6 weeks Government consultations on apprenticeship funding and external quality assurance have both been extended by six weeks. The Institute for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 830 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
