News Coronavirus: ‘Break in learning’ rule suspended for affected apprentices The government will allow apprentices to have a “break in learning” if they cannot be assessed due to the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Grade 3 confirmed for London’s mega-college One of the largest college group’s in England had its grade three from Ofsted confirmed, in what was otherwise… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Controversial MBAs prove a hit in Whitehall departments Whitehall is lapping up the MBA apprenticeship that the education secretary Gavin Williamson is “unconvinced” provides value for money,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive 2,500 learners affected as provider goes bust A training provider with more than 2,500 learners has entered administration, FE Week has learned. Progress to Excellence Ltd… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Colleges on the frontline in the battle against knives Knife crime in colleges has more than doubled in recent years, new figures suggest, which has prompted leaders to… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Adult education, Devolution London is first to warn about AEB underspend for 2019/20 The first signs of yet another adult education budget (AEB) underspend have appeared, after the Greater London Authority revealed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA planning to limit providers by standards The Education and Skills Funding Agency is working on plans to require providers to be “accredited” for the apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Undeclared £20k bonus ‘honest error’, claims college boss A college has fessed up to failing to declare a £20,000 bonus made to its principal in 2018 amid… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News T-levels ‘uniquely narrow’ compared to technical courses in high performing countries, claims think tank A review into the “uniquely narrow and short” technical courses in England has been called for ahead of the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News AAC Awards 2020 winners revealed The winners of the Annual Apprenticeship Awards 2020 have been crowned at a glittering ceremony in Birmingham tonight. More… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News IfATE boss: Business admin level 2 ‘undermines’ efforts to create ‘well-regarded’ programme The chief executive of the government’s apprenticeship quango has defended the decision to reject a business administration standard at… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted plans to withhold inspection reports until complaints are resolved Ofsted will withhold publication of inspection reports until it has resolved complaints about them under a new redress system… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 830 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 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d 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
