News Monthly apprenticeships update: February starts fall 11% Apprenticeship starts for the month of February 2020 fell 11 per cent on the previous year, figures published this… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News ESFA will individually ‘challenge’ hundreds of apprenticeship providers after poor achievement rates Providers that failed to meet the minimum standard for apprenticeship achievement rates last year will be informed next week… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Education secretary quizzed by MPs on timing and scope of coronavirus supplier relief The education secretary today dodged an MP’s question about his department’s delay in launching supplier relief support for training… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Minister explains ‘anomaly’ leaving majority of apprenticeships ineligible for ESFA supplier relief The majority of apprenticeship providers are not eligible for supplier relief from the Department for Education because of the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ‘Staggering’: DfE to stop the monthly publication of apprenticeship starts The Department for Education has been criticised for its “staggering” decision to scrap all in-year apprenticeship data releases. Officials… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE launches ‘Skills Toolkit’ to signpost to free online courses The Department for Education has launched a web page that signposts people to free courses that can develop their… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Free recording: In conversation with apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan FE Week was joined by apprenticeships minister Gillian Keegan this afternoon for our latest webinar on the response to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted’s 1,700 staff ‘considerably under occupied’ admits chief inspector, but available to volunteer A “considerable number” of Ofsted’s 1,700 staff are under occupied despite offering themselves up as Covid-19 response volunteers, the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News All systems go: the virtual open day has arrived FE Week spoke to a handful of colleges that have cancelled their traditional summer open days and already started… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE scraps annual FE learner satisfaction survey The annual FE learner satisfaction survey has been axed for 2019/20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The decision was… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Revealed: Government list of apprenticeships given green light for online assessment A list of 70 apprenticeship standards where permission has been granted to carry out end-point assessments remotely during the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Can providers furlough staff and receive ESFA supplier relief? Staff that have been furloughed by training providers must return to work if they want to receive supplier relief… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 854 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
