News ESFA apprenticeship roadshow to cross the country Providers are being invited to a series of roadshows to find out more about non-levy paying businesses transitioning to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Halfon: FE must recognise ‘step forward’ in funding even if it’s not a ‘giant leap’ The FE sector needs to recognise that government has “made a step forward, even if it may not be… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Major energy company among swathe of ‘good’ results A major energy firm was among six training providers to be rated ‘good’ by Ofsted in a positive week… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive College’s T-level delivery in jeopardy The government is reviewing whether a large college group approved to start delivering T-levels from 2021 should be kicked… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Crackdown on 16-18 residential data in wake of cladding concerns The government will write to all colleges and universities with residential learners aged 16 to 18 after officials found… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Coupland: ‘Public funding for management apprenticeships is perfectly legitimate’ The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has given her backing to scarce levy… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Is September too early for Ofsted inspectors to call? A college has questioned the “rationale” of Ofsted inspecting them within days of the new academic year starting. However,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive NCG deficit hits £11m after axing pair of ‘poor-quality’ training providers One of England’s largest college groups spent close to £4 million on ‘Project Apple’ to shut two training arms… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News 11% of 15-18s encouraged to take up an apprenticeship One in ten 15 to 18-year-olds are being encouraged to take up an apprenticeship by their schoolteachers, a new… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Will Alison Wolf persuade the Treasury and PM to levy smaller employers? The apprenticeship levy could be in for a shake-up, following the appointment of Baroness Alison Wolf to the policy… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Baroness Wolf tipped for role as skills adviser to Prime Minister FE expert Baroness Alison Wolf is set to become the skills and workforce policy adviser to the Prime Minister,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Awarding organisations invited to bid for 8 new T-levels Awarding bodies are being invited to develop qualifications for wave three of the T-levels programme, which is due to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 830 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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
