News Government cashes in on levy brokerage Providers training apprentices for the civil service will be subject to a controversial new brokerage charge from the top… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News New 20% limit for management fees in best-practice guidance The management fees charged by prime FE providers should not be more than 20 per cent of the programme… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Sheffield College retains its grade three despite achievement-rate worries Sheffield College has held onto its grade three rating following a recent Ofsted visit – despite concerns that falling… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News How Bletchley Park IoT could host a new generation of computer wizards A consortium lead by Milton Keynes College has bid for £18 million-worth of funding to launch an Institute of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Barnfield College could lose its apprenticeships provision Barnfield College has been rated grade four by Ofsted for apprenticeships, which means it will lose the right to… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Jisc cuts leave colleges paying a high price for essential IT services English colleges will have to pay Jisc for essential IT services from next year, due to a “significant” funding… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Hull College Group to shed over 200 staff Hull College Group is preparing to shed up to 231 full-time jobs in an effort to balance its books…. Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Anne Milton’s inspirational words for learners on National Apprenticeship Week Doing an apprenticeship rather than going to university can take “guts”, the skills minister has told a group of… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Regional winners of inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards announced The regional winners of the inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards have been announced at a special ceremony in the House… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government joins unions and industry to thrash out a ‘National Retraining Scheme’ A high-level advisory group made up of top government officials and industry and union leaders has met for the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Jason Holt named Apprenticeship Ambassador Network chair Jason Holt CBE, the chief executive of HoltsGroup, has been named chair of the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network, replacing its… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News National Apprenticeship Week 2018 celebrates best of earning and learning The very best of what earning and learning means for learners and employers will be celebrated during the eleventh… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 829 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