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 News Exclusive Another batch of apprenticeship standards up for funding band reviews A second batch of apprenticeship standards will have their funding bands put up for review from tomorrow. The Institute… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Halfon blasts Careers and Enterprise Company for their ‘magic money tree’ The chair of the education select committee has laid into the Careers and Enterprise Company for believing it has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive AOs investigate private provider to church groups following misuse of funding concerns Multiple awarding organisations are investigating an apprenticeship provider to church community groups after Ofsted raised potential misuse of funding… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Spielman using perception not facts on arts and media job prospects, says principal Ofsted’s view that colleges are giving students “false hope” by putting them on courses where there are slim job… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted Watch: Week of winners and losers in FE It has been a mixed week for FE as two colleges succeeded in climbing higher in the ranks, while… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Government software to withhold up to £4,860 apprenticeship completion payment until employers pay their share The Education and Skills Funding Agency is clamping down on employers who fail to pay the 10 per cent… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College-run academy trusts in trouble An academy trust run by a college has been warned it will be stripped of its only school if… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News FE commissioner: check with me before appointing a principal The FE commissioner has urged college governors to check with him before appointing a principal as part of a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive London mayor seeks special treatment amid AEB devolution ‘postcode lottery’ concerns Fears are growing over the creation of a postcode lottery for adult learners, leading one devolved area to seek… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News UCU strike closes one college and affects five others A walkout by more than 700 University and College Union members caused disruption across six colleges this week –… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Revealed: vast majority of loans-only providers are less than good A massive 80 per cent of providers that only deliver provision funded by advanced learner loans have been rated… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 833 Older Must read 16-19 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 7d Anviksha Patel 7d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
