News Exclusive English and maths GCSE resit policy helping tens of thousands The policy requiring students to continue studying English and maths if they fail the subjects at GCSEs at age… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News BMet to close Stourbridge College in bid to pay back debt A college that underwent a £5 million makeover just four years ago is set to close, following a review… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive DfE set to reopen academisation option for sixth-form colleges The government will reopen the option for sixth-form colleges to academise in the post-area review era – but they… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Training firm with 2,000 learners goes bust A training provider with over 2,000 learners has gone into administration, with the loss of 69 jobs. James Lumb… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Revealed: The 17 FE projects to share £57m Skills for Londoners Capital Fund The Mayor of London has today revealed the FE projects that will share £57.6 million to spend on improving… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News National Apprenticeship Awards 2019 open for applications Entries to this year’s National Apprenticeship Awards are now open, where employers and individuals who champion apprenticeships will be… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Increase 16-19 funding by ‘significant amount’, Social Mobility Commission urges The government should raise the funding rate for 16 to 19-year-olds by a “significant amount” in the upcoming spending… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Monthly apprenticeships update: February starts up 16% but down on 2017 Apprenticeship starts for the period August 2018 to February 2019 are up 10 per cent on the previous year… FE Week Reporter 6y FE Week Reporter 6y News Exclusive DfE has finally found an organisation to inspect the quality of unregulated apprenticeships The government is expected to announce which regulator will inspect the quality of learning for level 6 and 7… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New DfE Skills Index shows significant decline since 2012 The overall added-value of the FE and skills system in England has fallen from a baseline of 100 in… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive Apprenticeship pay and satisfaction surveys delayed and incur more costs Two flagship apprenticeship surveys have had their publication date delayed by six months and will incur additional costs to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to rely on public cash, admits DfE The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 830 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
