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 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 Newer 1 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
