News IfA launches first content review of apprenticeship standards The Institute for Apprenticeships has begun its first statutory review of apprenticeship standards since it began operating more than… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Damning Ofsted visit finds huge employer provider forced staff onto apprenticeships A large employer provider in the security sector has stopped recruiting new apprentices after a damning Ofsted early monitoring… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted DOES soften 3 year full inspection rule – after sector backlash Poorly performing new apprenticeship providers will now only be left in no new business limbo for up to a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted criticises ‘new’ apprenticeship provider for ‘insufficient’ off-the-job training The future of apprenticeship provision at a new provider is in doubt after its Ofsted early monitoring visit warned… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted to receive cash to visit all new apprenticeship providers Ofsted will be carrying out early monitoring visits to all new apprenticeship providers, after the Department for Education agreed… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive 3aaa forced to stop recruiting new apprentices following ESFA investigation Apprenticeship heavyweight Aspire Achieve Advance has been blocked by the government from taking on any new apprentices, FE Week… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: The 6 apprenticeship providers banned from taking new recruits Six new apprenticeship providers have been barred from taking on new apprentices after early monitoring visits found them to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News West Notts College handed DfE warning after requesting £2.1m in exceptional financial support A cash-strapped college has received a financial health notice to improve from the government after requesting exceptional financial support… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News 3aaa co-founders resign following ESFA investigation The co-founders of apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance have resigned in the midst of a government investigation into the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Education minister heads to Germany in search of T-level solutions The education secretary is touring Germany and Holland this week to learn more about their famous vocational education systems… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News IFS: FE the ‘biggest loser’ in cuts to government funding Further education has been the victim of the sharpest cuts in the education sector over the last 25 years,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News ‘He will be sorely missed’: Warm tributes paid to AELP founder Frank McMahon One of the original founders of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has died after a short illness. Frank McMahon was… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 851 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
