News Nine key findings from new DfE employer and apprentice surveys The Department for Education released new data into the views and experiences of apprenticeships today. A survey of more… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Apprenticeship quango says less than half passing to be ‘expected’ The proportion of apprentices that last year passed the new style ‘standard’ has been revealed as just 46.6 per… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Apprenticeship starts fall 7% in first half of 2019/20 The number of apprenticeship starts in England dropped by 7 per cent in the first half of 2019/20, new… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News National apprenticeship achievement rates fall below 65% The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships fell last year by 2.2 percentage points to 64.7 per cent. National achievement… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Committee of MPs to probe DfE’s response to coronavirus The response of the Department for Education to the coronavirus outbreak and the impact of the disease on schools,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: Ofqual admits teacher assessment not possible for all vocational qualifications Ofqual is “urgently” working out how to calculate grades for students studying vocational and technical qualifications this year, but… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Adult education, Covid-19, Devolution Coronavirus: Some mayoral combined authorities guarantee AEB payments to ALL provider types Multiple mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) have promised to honour adult education budget payments to all types of providers during… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Coronavirus: ‘Furious’ AELP boss says government wants skills sector to collapse The government’s goal seems to be for the skills sector to “collapse”, a “furious” Mark Dawe has told FE… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College funding support confirmed, and 4 other key points from latest DfE Covid-19 guidance The government confirmed it will honour all payments to grant funded providers for the remainder of the 2019/20 funding… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Coronavirus: 9 key points from the government’s apprenticeships guidance The government has this evening released a package of measures that it hopes will help apprenticeship training providers amid… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FE minister writes to apprenticeship providers about COVID-19 response Apprenticeships and skills minister Gillian Keegan has today written to independent providers and other non-college stakeholders in an effort… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: Universities warned over rush to unconditional offers The universities regulator has said it will use “any powers available” to prevent institutions from switching students’ offers to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 830 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
