News DfE reveals who will be allowed to deliver T-levels in 2022 – but there is a catch [UPDATE: Following this story the DfE changed its guidance to state that providers selected to deliver T-levels from 2022… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Ofsted watch: Mega apprenticeship provider making ‘significant progress’ after grade three A major financial services provider to high-profile employers and over 3,500 apprentices, has made ‘significant progress’ following a previous… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Counter fraud becomes 500th approved apprenticeship standard Counter fraud investigator has become the 500th apprenticeship standard approved for delivery by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive AELP accuses DfE of ‘sidestepping’ with £515k tender to engage SMEs in apprenticeships The government has come under fire for planning to spend £500,000 helping small employers get “onboarded onto the Apprenticeship… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Flagship rail college hopes new name and broader offering will put it back on track The National College for High Speed Rail is ploughing ahead with a new name and broader course offer, following… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Williamson defends his old sixth form as it drops digital T-level The education secretary has said his former college made the “right decision” in pulling out of offering a T-level… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive London to clamp down on funding for out-of-area colleges Eastleigh is one of over 30 colleges that could lose millions as part of plans to end out-of-area providers… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Chair quits at college stung by £20m scandal and replaced by DfE consultant A college rocked by a £20 million apprenticeship scandal is now being run by a Department for Education consultant… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Subcontracting warning from government after £20m Brooklands College scandal The boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has sent a sector-wide letter warning she will take strong… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Boss of AoC critical of vice-chancellors spending university cash on ‘wine and beer’ The Augar report could be “dead” after university vice-chancellors whinged they couldn’t “possibly survive” on slashed tuition fees “because… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minister admits no power to stop Stourbridge College becoming residential flats An education minister has admitted the government has no power to preserve Stourbridge College’s site for educational use, heightening… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: The awarding bodies delivering the second wave of T-levels The awarding organisations that will develop, deliver and award the seven T-levels being rolled out from 2021 are NCFE… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 830 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 4d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4d 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