Sponsored post Sponsored The Role of Further Education Colleges in Bridging the UK’s Digital Skills Gap In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the UK faces a pressing challenge: a significant shortage of digital skills within… Advertorial 9mo Code Institute 9mo SEND Half of councils face insolvency over £5bn SEND deficit ticking timebomb Survey of councils suggests over half will fail to break even if a measure keeping deficits off their books… Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo Apprenticeships English and maths apprenticeship reforms: 24-25 rules updated Exit requirement ditched for apprentices aged 19+ on the day of their start Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeships behind bars follows open jail failure Scheme expanded inside prison walls despite just 10 prisoners undertaking apprenticeships since 2022 Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Devolution Skills devolution spreads with plan for six new regions Millions in skills funding will be handed to mayors, with ringfences lifted on budgets Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Colleges, Staff NEU ends sixth form college pay dispute Members accept 4.3 per cent deal with ‘firm assurances’ of future pay equality Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo T Levels No answers for failed T Level students in re-mark fiasco College and awarding organisation have failed to resolve the issue six months on Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Adult education, Politics Come clean on cuts, demand adult education providers Providers face uncertainty after news emerged in a ‘fragmented’ fashion Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Make apprenticeship funding top priority, poll suggests But parents still prefer to send children to university over taking up apprenticeships Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Apprenticeships Short isn’t sweet for apprenticeship standards warning Government plans to move from a 12 to 8 month minimum duration by August Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Apprenticeships Faster apprenticeship payments to providers as DfE ditches duplicate data Database fix to cut admin and speed up apprenticeship funding payments Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Apprenticeships Providers to assess apprentices in EPA overhaul DfE claims more red tape cut as it confirms assessment rule changes Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Newer 1 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 831 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
