News Revealed: Apprenticeship employer fees to be halved from April 1 – no joke The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved from April 1,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Damning Ofsted visit finds provider not knowing who its apprentices are A training provider has been heavily criticised for not knowing accurately enough who their apprentices are, in an Ofsted… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive Apprenticeship framework certification boss steps down with immediate effect The managing director of the Federation of Industry Sector Skills and Standards (FISSS) has stepped down with immediate effect,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofqual rules out tendering to take over apprenticeship quality assurance Ofqual has ruled itself out of delivering the apprenticeship external quality assurance service for the Institute for Apprenticeships and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Education that gets out of classrooms and into the community Six per cent of adults with learning disabilities are in paid employment – something that specialist colleges are working… Catherine Murray 6y Catherine Murray 6y News Exclusive Second chair resigns from college group embroiled in financial scandal The chair of the boards of governors for the troubled Hadlow College and West Kent and Ashford College has… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE department responsible for apprenticeship policy has hardly any apprentices The division responsible for running and promoting apprenticeships within the Department for Education employs the lowest proportion of apprentices… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News ESFA audits to check apprenticeship price reductions made to account for prior work experience The Education and Skills Funding Agency has reminded providers to conduct prior learning assessments when taking on apprentices, and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Team UK selected for WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan More than 30 of the country’s best and brightest young skilled people have been chosen to represent the UK… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Exemplary week for universities Universities showed off their apprenticeship delivery skills this week, as one was rated ‘outstanding’ while another was judged to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News FE Commissioner pushing for mega merger to secure Cornwall College’s future The FE Commissioner is pushing for a mega merger in Cornwall to secure the future of Cornwall College, which… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Editor Asks: Anne Milton responds to the NAO apprenticeships report Anne Milton initially seemed in good spirits when I began our interview at a coffee shop at the University for East London’s… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 805 Older Must read 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 5d Billy Camden 5d 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
