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 News Sixth form college in spat with UTC over ‘inaccurate’ data claims A row erupted between a university technical college and a sixth form college yesterday over “inaccurate” achievement rate claims…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Robert Halfon re-elected as education committee chair Robert Halfon has been re-elected unopposed as the chair of the Parliamentary education committee. The Conservative MP’s re-election was… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College with ‘failed’ Grenfell-style cladding starts moving students out A college has begun moving classes and residents out of their tower block as they prepare for a multi-million… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News SFA lost 1,000 staff in just six years The Skills Funding Agency shed over 1,000 staff when responsible for apprenticeship providers and college financial oversight, before being… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AoC board set for shake-up to bring in outside experts A major reorganisation of the board at the Association of Colleges (AoC) will see many of the principals replaced… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Outstanding’ week for sixth form college A sixth form college was lauded as ‘outstanding’ in a mixed week for FE, which saw one private provider… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 851 Older Must read 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 1d Shane Chowen 1d 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 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
