News 8 things we learned from skills minister’s select committee grilling A feisty commons education select committee meeting, held this morning, saw Anne Milton quizzed on a number of pressing… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Halfon pleads for nursing apprenticeships to be ‘special case’ with levy spending The education select committee chair has pleaded for nursing apprenticeships to be made a “special case” with flexibility over… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Milton leaves MPs ‘staggered’ by admitting she wouldn’t encourage her children to study first T-levels The skills minister is expecting a “slow take-up” when T-levels are launched, and admitted that as a parent she… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Learndirect Apprenticeship staff and assets transferred to PeoplePlus for nominal fee The new owner of Learndirect’s apprenticeship division has transferred all assets, in a hastily arranged deal, to the company that… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Training for hundreds of glass industry apprentices branded ‘inadequate’ UPDATE: The government has confirmed that the Vocational College has now “ceased training”. “The DfE has appointed an administrator… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Disappointment at lack of concrete pay offer, as AoC proposes package dependent on funding rise Disappointment has been expressed at the lack of a concrete offer following pay talks with the Association of Colleges,… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News August is key merger month amid 17 partnerships for 2018 A partnership that was bitterly opposed by a local council, and the first university-college link-up in six years, are… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Minimum 2-month notice period for reduced apprenticeship funding rates Apprenticeship funding bands currently under review by the Institute for Apprenticeships will be given a minimum two-month notice period… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Three ‘new’ apprenticeship providers make reasonable progress Three ‘new’ apprenticeship providers have been found to be making ‘reasonable progress’ in all areas, while an adult and… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Employers leave Learndirect Apprenticeships following sale The recent sale of Learndirect Apprenticeships Ltd is causing some of its large levy-paying customers to take their business… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive DfE orders independent investigation into ESFA over 3aaa contract management An independent auditor has been called in to investigate the Education and Skills Funding Agency over their contract management… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Exclusive Wayne’s world: meet the new Learndirect boss A little-known entrepreneur, Wayne Janse van Rensburg, has overnight become one of the most powerful figures in FE after… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 830 Older Must read 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 4h Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4h 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
