News Is your MP one of the 164 lobbying the chancellor for more FE funding? A cross-party letter has been signed by 164 MPs and handed to the chancellor demanding an above inflation increase… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Scrap GCSEs and A-levels in favour of ‘holistic baccalaureate’ says education committee chair GCSEs and A-levels should be scrapped and replaced with one “holistic baccalaureate” for 18-year-olds which recognises academic and technical… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE admits lack of action to enforce Baker clause in schools The Baker clause has been labelled a “law without teeth” after it emerged the government did not take any… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: Another positive week for providers It has been another positive week for new apprenticeship providers, with many scoring encouraging results in their early monitoring… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive ESFA delays European Social Fund tender contracting for second time after ‘error’ A fresh 10-day standstill period has been issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency for European Social Fund… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Principal defends college merger facilitated by £30 million bailout Merging with a college that was “struggling for financial survival” and required a £30 million bailout from the government… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE commission research to review high prices for apprentices with prior learning The government is looking into whether apprenticeship delivery is being adjusted to account for apprentices’ prior learning, a sign… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive FE bosses criticise ‘ridiculous variability’ of external quality assurance charges Sector leaders have hit out at the “ridiculous variability” in approved external quality assurance charges, ranging from a free… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Providers turning apprentices away as non-levy cash dries up Training providers’ non-levy funding is running dry and some are even having to turn apprentices away – but the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Finalists announced for AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 The national finalists of the AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 have been unveiled. More than 350 entries were submitted from… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Minister places college in administered status as FE Commissioner exposes ‘historical’ corporate failure A college was placed in administered status at the end of January after the FE Commissioner found it was… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive The Open University teams up with colleges to offer free functional skills courses A scheme to provide free functional skills courses online is being launched by The Open University in partnership with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 851 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 7h Shane Chowen 7h 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
