News Revealed: WorldSkills UK LIVE 2018 competition results Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News Exclusive NAO to review why thousands of apprentices are going unregulated Concern over thousands of apprentices without a regulator responsible for checking the quality of their training is being reviewed… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Low take up of scheme to transfer levy funds from larger to smaller employers Only a tiny proportion of large employers’ apprenticeship cash was passed on to smaller employers in the first three… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted Watch: Difficult week for FE as providers hit with low grades FE has faced a difficult week in Ofsted inspections as three providers were hit with ‘inadequate’ ratings. Three others… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Early monitoring visits find a quarter of apprenticeship providers are ‘insufficient’ A quarter of apprenticeship providers that have received early-monitoring visits from Ofsted so far have been rated as making… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Protests at the deadline for sixth form colleges’ conversion to academies The Sixth Form Colleges Association is urging the government to keep the option for its members to convert to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News What is behind the spate of resignations of college leaders? An exodus of college leaders has rocked the FE sector over the past two months. Meanwhile, regulations that will… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Three quarters of colleges rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted More than three quarters of colleges are now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ and none are deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News AELP consulting on proposals to avoid EPA ‘car crash’ The Association of Employment and Learning Providers is seeking input from its members on how to avoid an apprenticeship… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Ofsted’s full inspections plummet by a third Ofsted has denied cuts to its budget have affected the number of FE inspections it carries out, despite analysis… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Shadowy training provider given £16.5m remains tight-lipped as questions mount Both Ofsted and the government are looking into a mysterious training provider after FE Week revealed it has secured… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Revealed: The truth behind the 3aaa investigations A scandal involving one of the country’s biggest apprenticeship providers has engrossed the sector ever since the turn of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 830 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
