News Apprenticeship provider’s ban lifted after just two months An apprenticeship provider whose training was branded “not fit for purpose” just two months ago has been allowed to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Employers clash with Institute for Apprenticeships over FE teacher funding bands The group developing three long-delayed FE teaching standards is in a bitter stand-off with the Institute for Apprenticeships, claiming… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Union fury as college boss gets 31% pay rise The boss of a college that saw its turnover slashed last year was given a huge 31-per-cent salary increase… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Beleaguered NCG faces another full Ofsted inspection It is crunch time at the nation’s largest college group, which is cutting staff and faces the return of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News National Audit Office slams DfE oversight of Student Loans Company The Department for Education has been heavily criticised for its oversight of the Student Loans Company during the tenure… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Shock leadership change at London sixth form college The principal of a London sixth-form college with a history of financial problems has been very suddenly replaced. It… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Struggling UTC rebrands and joins academy trust Another struggling university technical college has denied distancing itself from the UTC movement despite a rebrand now that it… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Staff at colleges striking for up to 7 days in exam season Staff at a host of colleges across the country will walk out on strike for up to seven days… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Government ignoring apprentices in mental health plans Apprentices have been ignored in the government’s plans to improve support for learners with mental ill-health, according to a… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Robert Halfon questions key principle behind new T-levels The former skills minister has appeared to question the whole design principle behind the government’s plan for prestigious new… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Studio schools to cut ties with FE colleges The controversial studio schools programme has announced a dramatic shift in focus after the tally of those closed or… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: Ambulance trust fares well in early monitoring visit The first employer provider to have received an apprenticeship early monitoring visit resulted in a positive report, in this… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 830 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