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Dame Asha steps down from IfA board

Dame Asha Khemka has left her role as an Institute for Apprenticeships board member, following her resignation from West…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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IfA and ESFA in listening mode about apprenticeship concerns at FAB conference

The bosses of the Institute for Apprenticeships and the Education and Skills Funding Agency were in listening mode today,…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

CITB fixes ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal following college uproar

The Construction Industry Training Board has struck a new deal to work with colleges after concerns were raised that…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

£50k to join ESFA ‘top-quality’ apprenticeship register

Concerns have been raised about a loophole in the government’s apprenticeships register after a broker advertised how companies can…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

ESFA to pay 3aaa staff to help with apprentice transfer

The government has agreed to pay the wages of around 40 staff from apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance until…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Milton builds FAB bridges towards T-level reforms

The skills minister declared herself to be “pleased and excited” to be at the Federation of Awarding Bodies annual…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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Boss of another struggling college steps down with immediate effect

The principal of another struggling college has resigned with immediate effect. Terry Jones (pictured) had been in charge of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE launches consultation on fully-funded digital skills training

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on the new national standards for digital skills, including plans for…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Anne Milton finally meets the IfA’s apprentice panel – 18 months after it was formed

The skills minister met with the Institute for Apprenticeships’ panel of apprentices for the first time yesterday, a year…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

FE destinations and earnings data: The 5 key findings

The government has today released figures for outcomes of FE learners, showing stark gender pay gaps, differences in earnings…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Campus sale near Grenfell tower ‘shameful’, says new college principal following investigation

A college that sold its main campus to make way for housing has apologised for the “shameful behaviours of…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Thousands march on parliament to protest for fair college funding

Thousands of learners, staff and leaders marched on parliament today in “the most amazing show by colleges ever” to…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill