News Majority of care apprentice providers to reduce starts after DfE rejects funding plea More than half the providers of two care worker apprenticeship standards are decreasing their starts, or pulling the programmes… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Nearly a dozen unions challenge college for union reps after lecturer sacked Ten trade unions are involved in a dispute with a cash-strapped college that trains “thousands” of their members each… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive IfATE delays controversial £40 per apprentice fee The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has pushed back its £40 per learner charge for apprenticeship quality assurance… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News UCU plans 15 days of strikes at college involved in contracts row A college involved in a bitter row over pay is facing weeks of staff walkouts when the new academic… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education announces new chief executive The new chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is top skills civil servant Jennifer Coupland…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College at risk of insolvency handed ESFA warning over finances A college at risk of insolvency after its income halved in seven years has been handed a financial health… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Academisation for sixth form colleges – is it worth it? With the government about to reopen the window in which sixth-form colleges can academise, Jess Staufenberg asks how the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: Terrific week for FE as slew of reports return mostly positive results It’s been a week of celebrations for most providers, as nearly 40 reports have returned mainly positive results. A… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Levy-lockout update: Employers lose access to £37 million from first 2 months Employers lost access to £26 million of their apprenticeship levy funds in June, the skills minister has revealed. The… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News College failing to protect vulnerable students from ‘acute risk of self-harm’, Ofsted finds A college with 200 vulnerable young learners has been warned by Ofsted its arrangements to keep students safe are… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive ETF’s chief warns of ‘crisis in leadership’ due to lack of investment The chief executive of the Education and Training Foundation has warned that FE is on the brink of a… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Apprenticeship starts for 16-18 continue to fall as level 2 cuts exceed 50 per cent Apprenticeship starts for 16- to 18-year-olds have continued to fall, and level 2 starts have dropped by more than… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 830 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
