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 News Principal defends college merger facilitated by £30 million bailout Merging with a college that was “struggling for financial survival” and required a £30 million bailout from the government… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE commission research to review high prices for apprentices with prior learning The government is looking into whether apprenticeship delivery is being adjusted to account for apprentices’ prior learning, a sign… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive FE bosses criticise ‘ridiculous variability’ of external quality assurance charges Sector leaders have hit out at the “ridiculous variability” in approved external quality assurance charges, ranging from a free… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Providers turning apprentices away as non-levy cash dries up Training providers’ non-levy funding is running dry and some are even having to turn apprentices away – but the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Finalists announced for AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 The national finalists of the AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 have been unveiled. More than 350 entries were submitted from… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Minister places college in administered status as FE Commissioner exposes ‘historical’ corporate failure A college was placed in administered status at the end of January after the FE Commissioner found it was… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive The Open University teams up with colleges to offer free functional skills courses A scheme to provide free functional skills courses online is being launched by The Open University in partnership with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News FE Commissioner reports published for 3 struggling colleges Three struggling colleges have had FE Commissioner intervention reports published today. Among them was one for North Hertfordshire College,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE to scrap FE teacher bursary programme The government is to scrap FE teacher bursaries, in a move that has been described as a “slap in… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Troubled college ‘determined to secure long-term future’ ahead of FE Commissioner report A land-based college that was rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted for the second time in a row last year has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 833 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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
