News ESFA switches from intervention to prevention The Education and Skills Funding Agency is switching its strategy from intervention to prevention, ahead of the introduction of… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Care leavers earn £1,000 apprenticeship bursary Young care leavers starting an apprenticeship from August will receive a one-off bursary of £1,000. It’s one of a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News 20% funding uplift for 16-to-18 apprentices stays another year Extra payments to providers training the youngest and most disadvantaged apprentices will remain in place from August, the Department… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News ‘Sector-leading’ 6% pay deal agreed at Sandwell College A new “sector-leading” pay agreement – amounting to more than six per cent over three years – has been… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Extra £500 per learner through maths teaching pilot Providers in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country will be given an extra £500 per learner… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Careers and Enterprise Company begs ‘friends’ for positive tweets following criticism from MPs Supporters of the Careers and Enterprise Company have been urged to tweet their backing for the under-fire organisation after… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Dismay after rail specialist chosen as quality-assurer for digital apprenticeships A firm of rail specialists have been chosen to replace the Tech Partnership as the external quality-assurance provider for… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Apprenticeship starts show biggest drop in six months Apprenticeship starts were down a massive 40 per cent in February on the same period in 2017, the latest… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News MP joining 2 day Hull College strike starting tomorrow Striking staff Hull College will be joined on the picket line by their local MP Emma Hardy tomorrow as… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Careers and Enterprise Company slammed for multimillion-pound research spending The Careers and Enterprise Company has been heavily criticised for spending almost £1 million on research and not on… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News College principals can’t afford to be charismatic, claims deputy FE commissioner The days of the charismatic principal are gone, according to a deputy FE commissioner. John Hogg (pictured above) told… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Minister admits to confusion over apprenticeship quality accountability The skills minister has conceded that there is a lack of clarity when it comes to who is accountable… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 830 Older Must read 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 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 Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
