News Exclusive Charity set to announce purchase of People 1st UPDATE: The Workforce Development Trust has confirmed the acquisition of People 1st. However, the Institute for Apprenticeships has said… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Apprenticeship qualifications: no uptake under new rules No employer groups have taken advantage of the Institute for Apprenticeships’ new rules for including qualifications in apprenticeships, FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive IfA in talks with charity to take on EQA role after People 1st goes bust The Institute for Apprenticeships is understood to be close to reaching a deal with an organisation to take over… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News College that needed huge bailouts set to merge A college that has received millions of pounds in government bailouts has announced plans to merge. Accrington and Rossendale… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News AoC Sport National Championships: The south-east triumphs again The south-east took the glory for the second year running at last weekend’s AoC Sport National Championships, retaining the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted Watch: Royal Navy apprenticeships are ‘outstanding’ Everything about skills training at the Royal Navy is shipshape and Bristol fashion, after Ofsted judged the employer provider… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Mucklow tackles AEB devolution as director roles change at ESFA The director of Young People and former sixth-form college commissioner has been given the mammoth task of devolving the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Fresh round of redundancies at Learndirect as funding dries up Learndirect Ltd appears to be on the brink of collapse, after a fresh round of redundancies belied the fact… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Special investigation: Why are colleges turning their backs on traineeships? Colleges delivered less than a quarter of traineeships last year and nearly half across the country had no starts… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News UCU blasts 10% pay rises for ‘greedy’ college principals College principals have been lambasted as “greedy and hopelessly out of touch” by the University and College Union, after… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive People 1st collapses, stunning the FE sector People 1st, once a major sector skills council and a key player in the apprenticeship reforms, has entered administration,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship payments system breakdown finally ‘resolved’ The government claims to have finally fixed its malfunctioning apprenticeship payments reporting system, more than two weeks after it… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 842 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
