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 News Exclusive Coronavirus: Ofsted pauses publication of inspection reports Ofsted has paused the publication of inspection reports during the coronavirus crisis and promised that it will have “do… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive DfE suspends process for defunding qualifications with low enrolments The Department for Education has suspended the process for defunding thousands of legacy qualifications at level three and below… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 839 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
