News Apprenticeship providers turning away up to 40,000 small employers due to levy shortage Training providers are “having to turn their backs” on up to 40,000 small businesses due to the shortfall in… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Small employers finally given access to all registered providers – but for just 3 apprentices Small employers can now use the digital apprenticeship service – but they will be initially capped at just three… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Want to offer T-level courses? DfE seeks providers for wave three FE providers can now bid to deliver T-levels in the third year of their rollout, the Department for Education… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Government ‘committed’ to Erasmus+ scheme despite commons vote outcome The government has insisted it remains committed to Erasmus+, despite MPs voting against requiring officials to negotiate continuing full… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Leading college starts redundancy process after finding a shock £6m deficit A high-profile college that uncovered a shock £6 million deficit when the finance director went on sick leave has… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Police force stung by Ofsted A police force has been censured by Ofsted for the “poor” quality of its apprenticeship delivery and for not… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Squad UK for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021 named Almost 150 young people have been named in WorldSkills UK’s official squad, marking them as candidates for the team… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News Labour’s new shadow minister says she’ll ‘fight’ for FE Emma Hardy is to be Labour’s new shadow FE and HE minister, with a pledge to continue “fighting” government… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive UK to take first steps towards hosting WorldSkills The UK is to take its first steps towards hosting the international WorldSkills competition by gauging interest from the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News City & Guilds CEO to step down The chief executive of education giant City & Guilds is stepping down. Chris Jones will leave on 31 January,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FE lecturers have lowest levels of wellbeing among educators, new analysis suggests Lecturers in FE have the lowest levels of positive wellbeing and “stand out” as having high levels of anxiety… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Angela Rayner to run for Labour deputy leadership The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner will run to be Labour’s deputy leader, she will announce today. The Ashton-under-Lyne… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 830 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