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Monthly apprenticeship update: 3m starts target slips further away with just 22,300 starts in May

Apprenticeship starts for May are down 40 per cent compared with the same period in 2016 – but up…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

North-east training provider on the verge of collapse

A training provider in the north-east that held subcontracts worth more than £3 million last year is on the…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Allow UTCs and studio schools to select pupils, argues Toby Young

University technical colleges and studio schools should be allowed to select pupils on the basis of aptitude, a controversial…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Hull College overspent by almost £10 million in 2016/17, overdue accounts reveal

Cash-strapped Hull College overspent by even more in 2016/17 than the previous year, according to its recently published and…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
Bulletin, News

A-Level results 2018 | Live blog

A-level results day is here! Today’s the day when A-level learners up and down the country find out whether…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Ofsted watch: Improvement for struggling FE providers

A training provider previously banned from taking on any new apprentices and a formerly ‘inadequate’ council have been making…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


News

Ofsted claims ‘huge number’ of £2.4m set-aside for research projects will be FE-related

Ofsted will soon call on FE providers to help it undertake a “huge” amount of FE-related research projects, according…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Delay of at least a year to apprenticeship system expansion could leave 1,500 providers out in the cold

Over 1,500 training providers on the government’s apprenticeships register will not have direct access to funding for small employers…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Sector leaders unite against T-level plans that would force students to wait a year for a retake

Sector leaders have urged Ofqual to reconsider its proposal to only allow T-level exams in the summer, as it…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Baker clause update: DfE gears up to start ‘direct intervention’ as minister encourages providers to grass on schools

The Department for Education is threatening “direct intervention” from September at schools that are failing to open their doors…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Hope for ESFA cap on subcontracting management fees ‘kicked into the long grass’

The government’s decision about introducing a cap on subcontracting management fees has been “kicked into the long grass” –…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Ofsted watch: A ‘reasonable’ week for new apprenticeship providers

It’s been a ‘reasonable’ week for FE and skills, as two ‘new’ apprenticeship providers have been given the thumbs…

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