News Skills minister vows to ‘dig deeper’ into level 2 apprenticeships drop The skills minister has vowed to “dig deeper” into the drop in level two apprenticeships, and whether it might… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News 2019: The year ahead in FE and skills 2019 is set to be a big year for the FE and skills sector. While it’s still not clear… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Careers and Enterprise Company says it can’t provide apprenticeship advisers The Department for Education has been criticised for spending tens of thousands of pounds on apprenticeship advisers, as a government-created careers guidance organisation… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News London’s largest college group abandons an appeal against a £3 million HMRC bill A London college group has chosen to give up on a 17-year appeal against HM Revenue and Customs and… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive College ends use of corporate credit cards after its former principal claimed £40k expenses A college in financial difficulty has ended the use of corporate cards for senior staff after its former high-profile… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Highbury College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state A college has called in the lawyers to recover a long-running £1.4 million debt held up in Nigeria, after… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted to launch new inspection framework consultation at SFCA conference next week Ofsted will launch its consultation on the new education inspection framework at the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association winter conference… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Lifelong learning campaigners join forces to launch ‘centenary commission’ on adult education Leading universities and educational charities have joined forces to create a new commission into the adult education challenges faced… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Demands grow for more transparency from government on apprenticeship levy spending The City and Guilds Group has added its voice to the growing clamour demanding more transparency from the government… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE publishes 20% off-the-job training ‘mythbusters’ The Department for Education has published new guidance on the controversial 20 per cent off-the-job training rule for apprentices,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE plans first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges The government has revealed plans for its first ever FE workforce survey exclusively for non-colleges to better understand the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA seeking views on ‘long-term operation’ of apprenticeship levy The Education and Skills Funding Agency is seeking employers’ and providers’ views on the long-term operation of the apprenticeship… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 851 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 5h Shane Chowen 5h 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
