News T-levels tender launched by Department for Education The highly anticipated and controversial T-levels tender process has now been launched by the Department for Education. Awarding organisations… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News T-level industry placements ‘likely’ to reduce apprenticeship offers, new DfE commissioned research finds Substantial T-level industry placements are expected to reduce the number of apprenticeships that employers offer, new Department for Education… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Colleges in uproar as CITB tries to protect management fees with ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal The Construction Industry Training Board is trying to force colleges to enter “reverse subcontracting” arrangements where it charges “unfair”… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News On the eve of the controversial T-level tender – when, how and why? On the eve of the launch of the government’s first ever tender for a single awarding organisation for a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted watch: Loans-funded provider branded ‘inadequate’ A loans-funded independent provider has received the lowest possible rating in its first ever inspection this week. And two… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Employers join forces to overturn ‘highly-damaging’ funding rate cuts for popular management apprenticeships The employer group behind three popular management apprenticeship standards has the backing of more than 150 employers – including… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Ofqual ‘closely monitoring’ investigation by awarding organisation into ‘copy and paste’ assessments exposed by Ofsted Ofqual is “closely monitoring” an investigation being carried out by Training Qualifications UK into allegations of ‘copy and paste’… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Skills minister on hunt for apprentice but excludes applicants with GCSE grade 4 (a pass) Anne Milton has posted a job advert looking for an apprentice to work in her parliamentary office which excludes… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive IfA funding band review: Healthcare standard set for 67 per cent funding increase A healthcare apprenticeship standard is set to have its funding band increased by a massive 67 per cent following… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News ‘I wouldn’t accept college place even if I was offered it’, says dwarf learner at centre of rejection row An 18-year-old learner with dwarfism at the centre of a row over whether a college discriminated against him has… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Students ‘distraught’ after college blames T-level preparation for last minute decision to dump all A-level courses Forty students who were supposed to be inducted onto their A-levels today have been left “distraught” after Northampton College… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AoC funding plea rejected by letter ending with minister scribbling a promise to continue ‘lobbying’ The skills minister offered a handwritten promise to the Association of Colleges that her “lobbying for FE continues” when… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 833 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
