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 7y Jessica Fino 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 7y Jessica Fino 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Billy Camden 7y 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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y 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 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Joy and heartbreak: contrasting emotions as funding band changes are announced Funding bands for ten of the 30 apprenticeship standards which have been under review by the Institute for Apprenticeships… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y Newer 1 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 848 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 Next 3 stories 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
