News Integrated degree in digital solutions apprenticeship gets stay of execution as wider review gets under way The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is delaying its decision on whether to remove the integrated degree from… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ‘Recognising FE’s role in equipping our key workers’ 10 key workers share their experience of working and learning as they kept the UK going during lockdown, in… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Possible stay of execution for Newton Rigg College A land-based college facing closure could retain its educational purpose after the government agreed to conduct a review of… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News ESFA launch second round of supplier relief to run July to October The Education and Skills Funding Agency has today launched its second Covid-19 provider relief scheme. FE providers can now… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked The shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for Starmer… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Pearson unveils 2020 BTEC award winners in its first ever online awards ceremony The winners of Pearson’s tenth annual BTEC Awards are being announced in a ceremony this afternoon which is taking… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown, new data reveals Apprenticeship starts have dropped by almost half since lockdown compared to the same period last year, according to new… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive College to axe 107 jobs after ‘short-sighted’ DfE rejects Covid support plea A college in Yorkshire is to make over 100 staff redundant and its principal has branded the government “short-sighted”… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College sector could lose £2bn out of £7bn next year, claims AoC boss Total income across colleges in England could fall by £2 billion next year as the “enormous impact” of Covid-19… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Social Mobility Commission finds apprenticeship system ‘failing’ young disadvantaged people The apprenticeships system is “failing” young disadvantaged people and needs “decisive” government action to stop it from becoming worse,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Cross-party group of MPs urge education secretary to include 16-19s in £1bn Covid catch-up plan A cross-party group of MPs has written to Gavin Williamson today urging him “to extend eligibility for the Covid… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News EU students to be barred from FE loans next year Students from the European Union will lose eligibility for advanced learner loans from August next year, the government confirmed… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 854 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 4d Josh Mellor 4d 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
