News Give nursing degree apprenticeships special treatment, education committee urges The NHS will not meet its apprentice recruitment target unless nursing degree apprenticeships are given special treatment, an influential… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Over ‘optimistic’ leaders drag council down to ‘inadequate’ A council has received the lowest possible rating for its adult and community learning provision after leadership and management… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Shadow minister demands IfA hands over private levy overspend presentation The Institute for Apprenticeships has been criticised for refusing to publicly share a presentation given to employers about a… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Skills minister will ‘look at whether it is right to continue to fund all apprenticeships’ The skills minister has said she will “look at whether it is right” for the government to “continue to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Revealed: The 30 apprenticeship standards included in IfA’s new funding band review The funding bands for a further 30 apprenticeship standards have gone up for review today. The new list (see… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted annual report 2017/18: Nine key findings for FE Amanda Spielman presented her second annual report as Ofsted’s chief inspector this morning. She used it to highlight improvement… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Major apprenticeship provider to Santander goes bust after Ofsted mauling A major new apprenticeship provider has gone bust following a scathing Ofsted monitoring report which found its directors were… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted annual report warns apprenticeship levy being spent on graduate scheme rebadging Amanda Spielman has amplified Ofsted’s concern that too much apprenticeship levy funding is being spent on higher levels, which… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA handed over £250,000 AFTER disgraced training provider went bust The Education and Skills Funding Agency has paid a further quarter of a million pounds to a firm that… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE wants Ofsted to inspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges – but won’t drop exemption The Department for Education has told Ofsted to reinspect more ‘outstanding’ colleges and schools, but stopped short of dropping… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted finds no off-the-job training at care sector apprenticeship provider A care sector apprenticeship provider has been heavily criticised by Ofsted for failing to give its apprentices any off-the-job… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Levy budget bust: Government agency warns of imminent apprenticeship over-spend The apprenticeships budget for England is set to be overspent by £0.5 billion this year, rising to £1.5 billion… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 830 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
