News Small employers finally invited onto the apprenticeships system – but only those already accessing non-levy funding The Education and Skills Funding Agency has officially begun inviting non-levy employers and providers to test its digital apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive IfA to ‘optimise’ apprenticeship EQA system The Institute for Apprenticeships has called for the assistance of the government’s exams and HE watchdogs in devising an… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News No mega-merger for Cornwall College after securing £30m bailout Cash-strapped Cornwall College Group has secured a £30 million government bailout to drive forward its “fresh start” business plan,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News St Helens College handed financial health warning St Helens College has been served a financial health notice to improve by the Education and Skills Funding Agency…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Sixth form college retains its grade one after 12-year respite A sixth form college in Merseyside has become the first SFC to score a grade one Ofsted rating in… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive Huge adult education budget procurement underspend by colleges Colleges underspent their original funding allocations awarded through the controversial 2017-18 adult education budget (AEB) procurement by a huge… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Bank forced to gift millions to college Government officials forced a major bank to halve a £40 million unsecured loan after threatening to put a college… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive AoC president faces challenger for the top job Never mind the race to become prime minister, the race to elect the next president of the Association of… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News College starved of cash shuts award winning training restaurant A college has been forced to shut the doors of its prestigious restaurant, blaming years of government cuts to… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News PM frontrunner pledges greater investment in ‘our amazing FE colleges’ Conservative leadership favourite Boris Johnson has said he would “do more to fund our amazing FE colleges” if he… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Hinds ‘pleased’ with level 6 and 7 inspection approach but OfS can’t say what it is The Office for Students can’t say how it will assess level 6 and 7 apprenticeships delivered at non-registered HE… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Guns, machetes and iron bars: Why Unison wants college staff trained A union has demanded college staff be trained in how to deal with weapons-related incidents, after workers from campuses… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 830 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