News Unions and colleges to march on parliament to lobby for fair FE funding Unions, college principals and staff will join forces on October 17 in a nationally coordinated lobby of MPs and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College pension contributions set to rise and could cause ‘financial crisis’ in FE The employer contributions colleges pay towards teacher pensions look set to rise and could cost them an extra £100… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News T-level employer panel members for 2022 and 2023 This morning the Department for Education published the list of T-level employer panel members for the routes that will… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News 57 staff already appointed to the London Mayor’s £3m AEB team The Greater London Authority has so far drafted in 57 new bureaucrats to handle the capital’s adult education budget… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: ‘Good’ news for a UTC and new apprenticeship providers There was cause for celebration at a university technical college this week as it was rated ‘good’, while four… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News NCG tackles casual staff contracts The nation’s largest college group has been praised for tackling “insecure” staff contracts, after it unveiled plans to move… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive IfA funding band review: Aviation standard set to have rate doubled An apprenticeship standard is set to have its funding band doubled following the Institute for Apprenticeships’ recent review. The… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News ESFA hiring team to focus on audit and intervention at private training providers The Education and Skills Funding Agency is to focus on intervention and prevention in independent training providers following a… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College and Co-op lead way with paid day release on two year course – but it’s not an apprenticeship A sixth-form college in Manchester is set to offer paid work experience for some of its learners, in what… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News EuroSkills 2018: Team UK given send-off at Parliament “Endurance, fortitude and determination” are the qualities that each member of Team UK will need to beat Europe’s best,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AoC proposes introduction of HE levy to pay for developing new suite of higher level qualifications The government should fund the development of new higher level qualifications, paid for by a “higher technical levy” or… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofqual U-turns on T-level plans that would have forced students to wait a year for a retake Ofqual will allow T-level exams to be taken more than once throughout the assessment year – meaning students will… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 833 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
