Training Providers AQA buys Realise Training in latest vocational expansion Exam body snaps up large apprenticeship and training provider from private equity sellers Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships, Ofsted ‘One bad employer’ blamed for provider’s ‘inadequate’ Ofsted result Inspectors found few apprentices released from work for off-the-job training Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w skills Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’ Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years Josh Mellor 3w Josh Mellor 3w Ofsted ASCL and NEU to support NAHT in legal action against Ofsted A judicial review claim was filed in May, warning the new inspection framework will ‘only increase high-stakes accountability and… Ruth Lucas 3w Ruth Lucas 3w Apprenticeships Unqualified apprentices could pass under assessment reforms, employers warn Skills England pauses pilot of changes after construction leaders claim ‘sampling’ plans will lead to a ‘race to the… Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Ofsted Nudge unit calls for ‘eye-catching’ national Ofsted inspection survey Behavioural Insights Team also urges watchdog to ’emphasise’ how to reduce the formality of conversations in inspector training Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Sponsored post Sponsored Funding Is Flowing, Demand Is Rising — It’s Time for FE to Deliver on Green Skills As the UK races toward net zero, the government says it wants to back 2 million green jobs by… Advertorial 3w Sabre Rigs 3w Skills reform Skilled migrants should train British workers in colleges – report Think tank suggests new ‘work and teach’ system to link overseas workers to skills policy Anviksha Patel 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Careers New-look Jobcentres to swallow up 1,000 careers advisers The move is part of an ‘overhaul’ of the Jobcentre offer Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w 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 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w Qualifications, Skills reform What we know about V Levels, new T Levels and the end of the T Level foundation year The defunding timetable for alternative courses like BTECs has also been confirmed Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 834 Older Must read 16-19 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w Next 3 stories 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 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