News Mysterious apprenticeship provider judged ‘insufficient’ by Ofsted following FE Week exposé A provider that received over £16 million in three years from college subcontracting deals has been exposed by Ofsted… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Government agency to charge for apprenticeship quality assurance The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is to start charging for its apprenticeship external quality assurance service. News… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE publishes indicators for potential fraud in education providers Working “unusual” hours and claims in excess of actual expenses have been listed as indicators for training providers that… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Two more providers removed from T-levels 2020 delivery Two providers will no longer deliver the first wave of T-levels after one received a low Ofsted rating and… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ESFA bans six more new providers from taking on apprentices Six more providers have received temporary bans on recruiting apprentices as Ofsted continues its scrutiny of new provision, with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE reveals colleges allocated £470m in financial support Around £470 million has now been allocated by the government to cover the costs of implementing post-area review changes… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Hadlow Group senior leader resigns as FE Commissioner steps in The FE Commissioner has intervened at the Hadlow Group as its deputy chief executive hands in his resignation, FE… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Is your MP one of the 164 lobbying the chancellor for more FE funding? A cross-party letter has been signed by 164 MPs and handed to the chancellor demanding an above inflation increase… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Scrap GCSEs and A-levels in favour of ‘holistic baccalaureate’ says education committee chair GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped and replaced with one “holistic baccalaureate” for 18-year-olds which recognises academic and technical… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE admits lack of action to enforce Baker clause in schools The Baker clause has been labelled a “law without teeth” after it emerged the government did not take any… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: Another positive week for providers It has been another positive week for new apprenticeship providers, with many scoring encouraging results in their early monitoring… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive ESFA delays European Social Fund tender contracting for second time after ‘error’ A fresh 10-day standstill period has been issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency for European Social Fund… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 830 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 2d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2d 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
