News Exclusive NHS apprenticeships fall by more than a third The number of people starting an apprenticeship with the NHS has fallen by more than third over the last… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Hull College boss: How I’m taking it out of intensive care Hull College chief executive Michelle Swithenbank probably has the toughest job in FE right now. The former nurse has… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Milton ‘the fixer’: I just want to make it all work It was exactly a year ago that we labelled the new skills minister Anne Milton “the fixer”, after she… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Federation of Awarding Bodies gets the lawyers in over T-levels The Federation of Awarding Bodies is gearing up for possible legal action over T-levels following the start of a… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Public Accounts Committee wants more DfE action on bad apprenticeships The Department for Education must “weed out” poor apprenticeship provision, the Public Accounts Committee has said. A new report… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Ex-schools minister proposes DfE shake-up to stop schools and HE favouritism Education ministers’ portfolios need a major shake-up if the historic favouritism shown to schools and universities is to change,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted will keep its four-point grading system – for now Ofsted will stick to its current four-point grading system in its new inspection framework – putting an end to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Grade three Ofsted ratings confirmed for NCG and Intraining The nation’s largest college group and its troubled private training provider have officially been downgraded to ‘requires improvement’, after… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Is the government about to scrap apprenticeship fees to woo back employers? The 10-per-cent fee that small businesses must pay when they take on apprentices could be scrapped, according to the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News How to apply for T-level teacher training funds Details of how providers can ask for money to train industry experts who will teach the first T-levels have… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News ESFA given ‘vote of confidence’ in managing apprenticeship and T-level reforms The ESFA will manage the reforms to apprenticeships and T-levels from this September, in a “vote of confidence” from… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Anne Milton launches £22m construction skills fund The skills minister has launched a new £22 million fund to help tackle construction skills shortages. The 18-month scheme… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 851 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
