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 News Ofsted watch: Private provider straight in with grade one It’s been a week of mainly highs for FE as one provider was rated ‘outstanding’ in its first ever… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News ‘Urgent actions’ needed at two cash-strapped colleges, FE Commissioner warns Two colleges in severe financial trouble have been told by the FE Commssioner and skills minister that “urgent actions”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Employers having control over UK skills policy is ‘rhetoric, not reality’ The government should move away from its “unhelpful” mantra of “employers in the driving seat” in UK skills policy… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Public Accounts Committee to quiz top civil servants from DfE, ESFA and IfATE An influential House of Commons committee will grill officials on the future affordability of the apprenticeships programme on Monday…. Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive The truth behind plans to cull 300 staff at England’s largest college group England’s largest college group this week announced plans to slash up to 300 jobs across its two training providers… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 851 Older Must read Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 10h Shane Chowen 10h Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 2w Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
