News Stalled manifesto plan back on track for apprentice travel subsidy? Officials are finally preparing a cross-departmental “proposal” for cutting travel costs for apprentices. It is being worked on by… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News FE sector leader to run as a Brexit Party candidate The chief executive of the Federation of Awarding Bodies has become the Brexit Party candidate for the Hastings and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Two providers drop from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ A council and a specialist college have received the worst possible rating from Ofsted, in a week where three… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News NCG announces new chief executive England’s largest college group has appointed Liz Bromley as its new chief executive. NCG will welcome the former deputy… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Labour’s advisory board considering tax credit employer incentives A Labour Party commission has set out what it calls a “radical new direction” for lifelong learning, including the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Second round of apprenticeship standard reviews launched The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today launched a route review of standards in the creative and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted finds ‘significant’ safeguarding concerns at specialist college A specialist college that teaches students with autism and other complex needs has dropped two grades to ‘inadequate’ after… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Wave of companies join apprenticeship register in first major update in nearly a year A wave of organisations have been added to the refreshed register of apprenticeship training providers, while nearly 20 have… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive FE Commissioner called in as principal on leave for ‘personal reasons’ The FE Commissioner’s team will visit Richmond-upon-Thames College next month after its principal went on indefinite leave for ‘personal… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Union critical of government axing skills minister post Boris Johnson’s axing of the dedicated skills minister position has been criticised by the University and College Union. In… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE says FE so important the education secretary will lead on skills brief The education secretary Gavin Williamson has taken responsibility for the apprenticeships and skills brief. Despite it previously being understood… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News ESFA move to short notice funding audits in dodgy data crackdown Colleges and training providers will now be given as little as two weeks notice of a financial assurance audit… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 830 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 3d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3d 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
