News AAC Awards 2019 winners crowned The country’s best apprenticeship providers, employers and champions have been honoured at the Annual Apprenticeship Awards 2019. More than… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Grade one college chief executive says sorry after dodgy data exposed The chief executive of a grade one college has apologised after an audit exposed data manipulation that resulted in… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Monthly apprenticeships update: January starts up 15% but down 21% on 2017 Apprenticeship starts for January are up 15 per cent on last year but down 21 per cent on the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: The 16 members of the ‘College of the Future’ commission The 16 people that will form an independent commission to set out a “new vision” for colleges in England,… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Apprenticeship quality not improving, says Ofsted chief inspector The quality of apprenticeships is “sticking” instead of moving forward, according to Ofsted’s chief inspector who today urged the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA says 30 hour cap to off-the-job calculation has always been in funding rules The Education and Skills Funding Agency has insisted that an apparent change it made to the off-the-job training policy… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2019 gets underway Colleges, training providers and employers have flooded to Birmingham for the Annual Apprenticeships Conference (AAC) 2019 which officially gets… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Proportion of apprenticeships delivered by subcontractors falls dramatically The proportion of apprenticeships delivered by subcontractors fell 15 points to just 11 per cent last year, according to… Simon Kay 7y Simon Kay 7y News ESFA appears to have changed the apprenticeship off-the-job calculation – again The government appears to have changed the off-the-job (OTJ) training rule again, and is now telling providers they should… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Providers of management apprenticeships to be increasingly audited for proof they are ‘additive’, MPs told The boss of the Education and Skills Funding Agency has promised MPs that management apprenticeships will be “increasingly” audited… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Top DfE official tells PAC of difficult decisions to avoid apprenticeship levy overspend The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted “hard choices” will need to be made in the face… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News HMRC investigations into levy underpayments more than doubles in a year The number of HMRC investigations into the underpayment of the apprenticeship levy at big employers has more than doubled… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
