News DfE confirms popular BTECs amongst qualifications facing funding axe More than 160 “duplicate qualifications” at level 3 and below will have their funding removed from August 2020 –… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News Ofsted watch: Unimpressive week for new private providers Five early monitoring reports for independent providers returned ‘insufficient’ ratings this week, with Ofsted finding some have not recruited… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News MPs urge DfE to ‘urgently’ raise the 16-18 rate and develop a 10-year funding plan The government must “urgently address the damage that has been done” to FE by raising the 16 to 18… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Six things we learned from the IfATE’s 2018/19 accounts The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today published its annual accounts for 2018/19. This is only the… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Eleventh UTC to close after student numbers almost halve An ‘inadequate’ university technical college is to close just four years after opening as it is “no longer financially… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Hard to believe? Ofsted found apprentices and their employers did not know they were on the programme A private provider has been slammed by Ofsted after it found learners and their employers unaware they were taking… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted misses FE inspection target by more than 10% Ofsted missed its inspection target for FE providers by 11 per cent this year – the biggest miss out… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Former principal of Bournville College was referred to police for operating fraudulently The principal of a collapsed college was referred to the police after his assistant principal wife benefited from a… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: Learner satisfaction scores for 2018/19 Overall learner satisfaction with FE providers slightly increased this year, according to new government figures. The Department for Education… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Rollout of national retraining scheme gets underway The government has finally revealed details of the first phase of the national retraining scheme, with the launch of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 Newer 1 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 839 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
