News NHS starts fall despite apprenticeships push The number of National Health Service apprenticeship starts fell by more than a fifth last year despite a plan… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Digital and science engineering UTC to open in Doncaster in 2020 A new university technical college is being created in South Yorkshire despite mounting problems with the programme, the Department for Education… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofsted watch: Private provider straight in at grade four A private provider has earned the ignominious honour this week of being rated ‘inadequate’ at its first ever inspection…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Essex council protests college merger with London group A council in Essex has come out firmly against merger plans for its financially stricken local college, fearing it… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Seven-day strike at Hull College called off Seven days of strikes at Hull College, due to start on Monday, have been called off after the threat… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Troubled colleges handed financial health notices and minimum standards breaches Three financial health notices and two breaches of minimum standard college reports have been published by the Department for… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Atkins: Struggling colleges will still need stopgap funds Colleges that get into financial difficulty will still need funding to “oil the wheels” once the bailout tap has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Now the National Audit Office is sniffing around T-levels T-levels will be watched for “potential for losses and fruitless payments” according to the comptroller-general at the National Audit… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News DfE estimates colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 The number of colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 over the next 10 years, the government… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News AELP leaps to defence of level two apprenticeships Low-level apprenticeships should not be rubbished by “commentators and policy makers”, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Exclusive The big interview: NCG chair Peter Lauener NCG has been in the headlines lately, what with the visits from Ofsted, its falling achievement rates, mass redundancies,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Trouble ahead for NCG with anticipated grade three from Ofsted The largest college group in the country is to be dropped from the government’s final bidding round for Institutes… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 839 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
