News Apprenticeship starts still in free-fall Apprenticeship starts were down 31 per cent in January on the same period in 2017, the latest provisional government… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News South Wiltshire UTC rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted Another University Technical College has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted, taking the total number in the category to six…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Hull College staff ‘overwhelmingly’ vote to strike over 200 job cuts Staff at the financially troubled Hull College Group have “overwhelmingly” backed strike action in a bitter dispute over the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News New ways to win at the 15th National Apprenticeship Awards The 15th National Apprenticeship Awards are now open for entries – and several new categories have been announced, including… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive The Skills Show rebrands as WorldSkills UK LIVE The country’s biggest skills and careers event is getting a revamp and changing its name. Formerly known as The… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News AoC Sport National Championships kicking off for their 40th year The biggest sporting event in the college calendar promises to be extra special this year, as the AoC Sport… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Future of Workers’ Educational Association threatened by devolution A huge training provider that has been educating disadvantaged adults for over 100 years could “disappear” if it loses… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Bitter war of words intensifies between AELP and IfA The Institute for Apprenticeships is the “biggest threat” to quality in apprenticeships, the boss of the Association of Employment… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News CITB shedding 800 jobs as it pulls out of direct training The Construction Industry Training Board will shed around 800 jobs over the next three years, in a radical overhaul… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship payments system malfunctions again The government’s apprenticeship payments report system has been broken for almost a week – and there’s no fix currently… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News CITB finds almost three quarters of Carillion apprentices new employers Almost three quarters of the apprentices left jobless following the collapse of Carillion have secured new employment, following an… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted saves £400k with longer grade 2 inspection gap Ofsted will save around £400,000 during the next academic year by elongating the maximum period between inspections for ‘good’… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 830 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