News Only schools with ‘excellent’ vocational provision should be rated outstanding, says charity The Edge Foundation has hit out at schools for focussing too much on academic subjects and said that Ofsted… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Star learners and employers celebrated at National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 ceremony The country’s best individuals and employers who champion apprenticeships have been honoured at the 15th National Apprenticeship Awards –… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Beauty training provider slammed by Ofsted for ‘misleading’ careers advice Ofsted has slammed an ‘inadequate’ private provider for its “misleading” careers advice, in a damning report published today. Chic… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Milton DOES want collaboration between colleges and private providers, DfE confirms The government has confirmed that the skills minister wants collaboration, not competition, between colleges and private providers. Eyebrows were… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE launches T-level funding consultation with plans for 4 different base rates The Department for Education is seeking views on how funding should be distributed to providers for the delivery of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College that crashed two grades from ‘outstanding’ to cut 41 jobs A college that fell two Ofsted grades from ‘outstanding’ last year has put 155 jobs at risk of redundancy… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA scraps £100k threshold, forcing all subcontractors onto the apprenticeships register The government’s new “tougher” apprenticeships register will reopen indefinitely from December 12, and will require all subcontractors delivering the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Apprenticeship provider to church community groups exposed by Ofsted A London-based training provider worked with employers who did not recognise the names of their apprentices, according to a… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Troubleshooter replaces Garry Phillips at City College Plymouth A college whose previous boss quit following the publication of a damning FE commissioner report into his leadership of… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News FE Commissioner quizzed over ‘serial offenders’ During a hot-topic panel session at the Association of Colleges conference, several new college governors asked about how to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Civil service apprentices left in limbo after Premier termination The cabinet office is reviewing the training providers used for civil service apprentices, to decide who will take over… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News West Notts College expected to shed another 75 jobs A high-profile college in financial crisis is expected to make another 75 redundancies over the next four months as… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 830 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