News Exclusive Highbury College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state A college has called in the lawyers to recover a long-running £1.4 million debt held up in Nigeria, after… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted to launch new inspection framework consultation at SFCA conference next week Ofsted will launch its consultation on the new education inspection framework at the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association winter conference… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Lifelong learning campaigners join forces to launch ‘centenary commission’ on adult education Leading universities and educational charities have joined forces to create a new commission into the adult education challenges faced… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Demands grow for more transparency from government on apprenticeship levy spending The City and Guilds Group has added its voice to the growing clamour demanding more transparency from the government… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE publishes 20% off-the-job training ‘mythbusters’ The Department for Education has published new guidance on the controversial 20 per cent off-the-job training rule for apprentices,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE plans first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges The government has revealed plans for its first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges to better understand the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA seeking views on ‘long-term operation’ of apprenticeship levy The Education and Skills Funding Agency is seeking employers’ and providers’ views on the long-term operation of the apprenticeship… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News First ever loans-only provider to get Ofsted ‘outstanding’ A loans-only provider has been rated ‘outstanding’ – the first such provider to receive the highest possible rating from… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Two thirds of schools still flouting Baker clause a year after introduction Two-thirds of schools are still flouting the controversial Baker clause a year after it was introduced – leading to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Skills minister responds to concern apprenticeship budget will be overspent The apprenticeship budget will be “alright” for the rest of the year, the skills minister has said. Anne Milton… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Government ‘pushed’ to reveal more about national retraining scheme The government is being “pushed” by its partners on the national retraining scheme to share more information about the… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News College gets its ‘good’ Ofsted rating back a year after mega-merger A college that saw its Ofsted grade slip two years ago while it battled with deteriorating finances has got… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 830 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
