News Four colleges set for strike action as new trade union laws ‘frustrate’ UCU Staff are likely to strike at four colleges this term, but union members are in uproar as ballots at… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Colleges lose £1.1m under controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rules Five training providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Mayor of London plans party to celebrate AEB devolution London’s mayor will host a party to celebrate taking control of the capital’s adult education budget next year –… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Good week for colleges but private providers heavily criticised In a week that celebrated colleges two improved to ‘good’, but it’s been difficult for apprenticeship training providers with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Dame Asha steps down from IfA board Dame Asha Khemka has left her role as an Institute for Apprenticeships board member, following her resignation from West… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News IfA and ESFA in listening mode about apprenticeship concerns at FAB conference The bosses of the Institute for Apprenticeships and the Education and Skills Funding Agency were in listening mode today,… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive CITB fixes ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal following college uproar The Construction Industry Training Board has struck a new deal to work with colleges after concerns were raised that… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive £50k to join ESFA ‘top-quality’ apprenticeship register Concerns have been raised about a loophole in the government’s apprenticeships register after a broker advertised how companies can… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA to pay 3aaa staff to help with apprentice transfer The government has agreed to pay the wages of around 40 staff from apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance until… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Milton builds FAB bridges towards T-level reforms The skills minister declared herself to be “pleased and excited” to be at the Federation of Awarding Bodies annual… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Boss of another struggling college steps down with immediate effect The principal of another struggling college has resigned with immediate effect. Terry Jones (pictured) had been in charge of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE launches consultation on fully-funded digital skills training The Department for Education has launched a consultation on the new national standards for digital skills, including plans for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 851 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 1h Shane Chowen 1h 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
