News Exclusive IfA chief ‘stepping down’, claims headhunters The chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) will step down when his contract is… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive ‘Serious concern’ as training provider cashes in on controversial management consultancy apprenticeship A member of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has “serious concerns” about the government allocating one provider up to… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News AAC Awards 2019 winners crowned The country’s best apprenticeship providers, employers and champions have been honoured at the Annual Apprenticeship Awards 2019. More than… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Grade one college chief executive says sorry after dodgy data exposed The chief executive of a grade one college has apologised after an audit exposed data manipulation that resulted in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Monthly apprenticeships update: January starts up 15% but down 21% on 2017 Apprenticeship starts for January are up 15 per cent on last year but down 21 per cent on the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: The 16 members of the ‘College of the Future’ commission The 16 people that will form an independent commission to set out a “new vision” for colleges in England,… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Apprenticeship quality not improving, says Ofsted chief inspector The quality of apprenticeships is “sticking” instead of moving forward, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector who today urged the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA says 30 hour cap to off-the-job calculation has always been in funding rules The Education and Skills Funding Agency has insisted that an apparent change it made to the off-the-job training policy… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2019 gets underway Colleges, training providers and employers have flooded to Birmingham for the Annual Apprenticeships Conference (AAC) 2019 which officially gets… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Proportion of apprenticeships delivered by subcontractors falls dramatically The proportion of apprenticeships delivered by subcontractors fell 15 points to just 11 per cent last year, according to… Simon Kay 7y Simon Kay 7y News ESFA appears to have changed the apprenticeship off-the-job calculation – again The government appears to have changed the off-the-job (OTJ) training rule again, and is now telling providers they should… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Providers of management apprenticeships to be increasingly audited for proof they are ‘additive’, MPs told The boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has promised MPs that management apprenticeships will be “increasingly” audited… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 830 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