News Proportion of colleges with over half of lecturers on casual contracts triples The percentage of colleges employing over half of their teaching staff on casual contracts has tripled to 29 per… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Could private training provider cash-in after college sell-off? A national training provider could step-in to become the only education provider in Stourbridge, after the area’s FE college… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Employers lose £11m apprenticeship levy after missing first monthly deadline Employers lost access to £11 million of their apprenticeship levy funds in May – the first sun-setting period for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College leaders unite – all 203 of them – to demand an end to funding bias towards higher education Every college leader in England has joined forces and written to the chancellor and the education secretary, demanding the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: The first providers added to refreshed apprenticeship register The first organisations to be added to the government’s refreshed apprenticeship provider register have been revealed. An update to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Government warns colleges as email ‘phishing’ scams inflict financial losses FE colleges and other “educational institutions” are being warned about new cyber-attacks which have already claimed some victims and… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Government says they will fail Conservative manifesto commitment to 3 million apprenticeship starts Education secretary Damian Hinds has admitted the government will miss its target of 3 million apprenticeship starts by next… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Apprenticeship quango to introduce secret grading of assessment organisations Apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations are to be graded by quality assurance providers and given a “risk rating” – but… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Apprenticeships quango reveals extra £40 per learner charge The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education will start charging £40 for every apprenticeship external quality assurance check it… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Pre-apprenticeship salary cap ‘palatable’ to limit demand, says skills minister One of most “palatable” decisions the government could make to constrain the apprenticeship budget is introducing a pre-apprenticeship salary… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News ESFA to consider scrapping levy transfer funding restriction for 16-18 year-old apprentices A funding rule that is preventing large employers from transferring levy funds to smaller employers to train 16 to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Fourth consecutive grade three Ofsted report for college surviving on bailouts A college that is dependent on government bailouts to survive has been hit with a fourth consecutive grade three… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 830 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
