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 News Apprenticeship starts nosedive 18 percent in November The number of apprenticeship starts in England crashed by nearly 20 percent in November, according to government figures published… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News ESFA demands final off-the-job hour data to ‘support the work of audit’ A new field is set to be introduced to individual learner records (ILR) to support government audits of apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 839 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
