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 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 1 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 854 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
