News Exclusive Skills for Care quits official quality assurance role for apprenticeships Skills for Care is to scrap their adult care external quality assurance service (ACEQUAS) to apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills closing and medal ceremony | watch it live here Watch the WorldSkills 2019 medal ceremony live here from 5pm (UK time) today, and see Russian president Vladimir Putin… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Deputy FE commissioner appointed as DfE struggle to find advisers The Department for Education’s latest recruitment drive for the office of the FE Commissioner has led to the appointment… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 4: Team UK rallies together as they cross the finishing line Team UK is finishing WorldSkills 2019 with thunderous applause and deafening cheers from a caravan of supporters. A crowd… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 3: Thomas flush with success as he steams past the finish line Team UK’s plumbing and heating competitor Thomas Thomas has this afternoon finished his tests. Hear from plumber Thomas Thomas… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day two: Dining out on world-class Skills FE Week reporter Fraser Whieldon samples the high life by taking part in the restaurant service competition at WorldSkills… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 1: Team UK make the first cut as they get in their groove Team UK has made a good start on the road to medal success, after completing the first day of… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: UK’s young people feel colleges are worst in the world at preparing them for adult working life, says new report Young people in the UK feel their school or college are the worst in the world at preparing them… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK flies the flag at dazzling opening ceremony Team UK has been flying the flag at the dazzling opening ceremony for WorldSkills Kazan 2019. Team UK joined… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News What time is the WorldSkills 2019 opening ceremony and can I watch it live? The WorldSkills 2019 opening ceremony starts at 5pm (UK time) today and can be watched live via this link:… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Pass rate falls for GCSE English and maths resits Figures published this morning for those aged 17 and over in England that sat GCSE English show the pass… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Small employers warn that ‘exhausted funds’ threaten the future of the apprenticeship system The Federation of Small Businesses has chosen GCSE results day to call on the new Secretary of State, Gavin… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 815 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo