News Boss of charity behind the UTC programme to step down The chief executive of the organisation that is behind the troubled university technical colleges programme is stepping down. Charles… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Government to fund free sanitary products in colleges The government will fund free sanitary products for all students in colleges and secondary schools from September. Chancellor Philip… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Apprenticeship employer fees to be halved from April 1 – no joke The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices will be halved from April 1,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Damning Ofsted visit finds provider not knowing who its apprentices are A training provider has been heavily criticised for not knowing accurately enough who their apprentices are, in an Ofsted… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship framework certification boss steps down with immediate effect The managing director of the Federation of Industry Sector Skills and Standards (FISSS) has stepped down with immediate effect,… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Ofqual rules out tendering to take over apprenticeship quality assurance Ofqual has ruled itself out of delivering the apprenticeship external quality assurance service for the Institute for Apprenticeships and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Education that gets out of classrooms and into the community Six per cent of adults with learning disabilities are in paid employment – something that specialist colleges are working… Catherine Murray 7y Catherine Murray 7y News Exclusive Second chair resigns from college group embroiled in financial scandal The chair of the boards of governors for the troubled Hadlow College and West Kent and Ashford College has… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News DfE department responsible for apprenticeship policy has hardly any apprentices The division responsible for running and promoting apprenticeships within the Department for Education employs the lowest proportion of apprentices… Jessica Fino 7y Jessica Fino 7y News ESFA audits to check apprenticeship price reductions made to account for prior work experience The Education and Skills Funding Agency has reminded providers to conduct prior learning assessments when taking on apprentices, and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Team UK selected for WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan More than 30 of the country’s best and brightest young skilled people have been chosen to represent the UK… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Exemplary week for universities Universities showed off their apprenticeship delivery skills this week, as one was rated ‘outstanding’ while another was judged to… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y Newer 1 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 851 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 9h Shane Chowen 9h 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
