News Exclusive Revealed: The 21 winners of the West Midlands AEB tender The first winners from a devolved adult education budget (AEB) competitive procurement process have been told the good news…. Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE launches consultation on fully-funded digital functional skills qualifications The Department for Education is calling for views on the content for new digital functional skills qualifications that will… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News ESFA to finally invite small employers and providers to trial apprenticeship system The Education and Skills Funding Agency is preparing to invite non-levy employers and providers to test its digital apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Six months after RoATP applications ESFA can’t say when outcomes will be revealed New applicants trying to get onto the refreshed apprenticeship provider register have been left hanging by the government six… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Three colleges handed DfE warnings over finances Three struggling colleges have been hit with a notice to improve by the government this afternoon, after they were… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE consults on extending teacher pension survivor rights to civil and same-sex partners The Department for Education has launched a consultation into plans to extend survivor benefits under the teachers’ pension scheme… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Apprenticeship quango to review impact of their own controversial funding rate cuts The Institute for Apprenticeships will soon start evaluating the impact of its controversial funding band reviews, and promises to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Another 6 new providers suspended from taking on apprentices Six more new providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices following early Ofsted inspections that found them making… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News AoC wins secretive T-levels transition offer tender The Association of Colleges has won a contract with the government to develop a “transitional” course for T-levels, following… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News What Ofsted’s new inspection framework means for FE Ofsted has today published its new and final education inspection framework that will come into effect from September. It… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Feature, News Prison education? It’s much calmer than an FE college… No college would consider it had done a good job if it allowed students to complete their studies without… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News EPI: Proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits rockets fivefold in six-year period The proportion of sixth form colleges with in-year deficits has soared fivefold over a six-year period due to crippling… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 830 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
