News Pre-apprenticeship salary cap ‘palatable’ to limit demand, says skills minister One of most “palatable” decisions the government could make to constrain the apprenticeship budget is introducing a pre-apprenticeship salary… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA to consider scrapping levy transfer funding restriction for 16-18 year-old apprentices A funding rule that is preventing large employers from transferring levy funds to smaller employers to train 16 to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Fourth consecutive grade three Ofsted report for college surviving on bailouts A college that is dependent on government bailouts to survive has been hit with a fourth consecutive grade three… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AELP chair accuses DfE of ‘institutional bias’ in T-levels policy T-levels policy is the latest example of “institutional bias” from the Department for Education that “ignores all evidence”, the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Minister calls on IfA to ‘collaborate’ and be ‘more responsive to training provider needs’ The government’s apprenticeship quango needs to start viewing training providers as their “clients” and become “far more responsive” to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: UTC impresses while colleges flounder A university technical college stood out this week for the right reasons – it was rated ‘good’ in its… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship register reapplication process branded a ‘farce’ by provider An Ofsted grade two provider has hit out at the government’s “farcical” process for reapplying to the register of… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y Feature, News The move towards professionalising governance More and more colleges are appointing directors of governance and are even paying their governors, as they look to… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Layoffs loom at RNN Group as DfE cuts off bailouts One of the biggest college groups in the country has said it has “no alternative” than to cut staff… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Is 3aaa’s Marples back in the education game? The co-founder of a disgraced training provider that is subject to an ongoing police investigation has launched a new… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Milton in interdepartmental talks to set up new youth pre-employment programme Skills minister Anne Milton wants to launch a new youth pre-employment programme as early as next January. In an… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Put the entire adult education budget out to tender, says AELP The entire £1.5 billion adult education budget should be put out to tender owing to “persistent annual underspends and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 14h Shane Chowen 14h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
