News FE sector in anxious wait as date announced for Budget 2018 The FE sector is waiting anxiously to hear its fate after the date of the next Budget was announced…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Scrap the apprentice minimum wage, AELP demands The apprentice minimum wage should be scrapped, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has urged. Instead, the association… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofqual survey into perceptions of vocational qualifications: 7 key findings New research by Ofqual has revealed worryingly low levels of understanding among employers of key elements the government’s apprenticeship reforms . Its… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News College pension contributions likely to rise by over 40% from 2019 Colleges look set to be hit by an increase of more than 40 per cent in the pension contributions… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News EuroSkills 2018: Breathtaking ceremony opens competition in Budapest EuroSkills Budapest got off to a breathtaking start tonight as a Hungarian theatre group that will be familiar to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 3aaa co-founders still own the company despite resignations The co-founders of crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance have remained as the apprenticeship giant’s majority owners despite resigning as directors,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive IfA close to losing external quality assurer as contract expires at end of the week The organisation that delivers external quality assurance on behalf of the Institute for Apprenticeships has yet to sign a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News EuroSkills 2018 Budapest: watch the opening ceremony live Representatives from 28 European countries will this evening attend the opening ceremony of the 10th EuroSkills finals (live stream… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Principal at mega college in debt to the DfE steps down One of the most highly paid FE college principals in the country has stepped down with immediate effect. Andrew… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Labour Conference 2018: No closer to revealing FE policy in shadow secretary speech Labour has done little to shine a light on the party’s plans for FE policy as the shadow education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News EuroSkills 2018: Team UK arrive in Budapest Team UK are “super excited” to have today landed in Hungary ahead EuroSkills 2018. The 22 competitors flew nearly… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Lewisham Southwark College to become two separate colleges Lewisham Southwark College is set to become two separate colleges again, just six years after it was formed through… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 851 Older Must read 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5mo
