News Skills minister: Apprenticeship starts will surge by September The skills minister identified September as the month by which she expects to see a surge in apprenticeship starts,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News AEB underspent by £63 million, minister claims FE providers failed to spend £63 million of the adult education budget during the last academic year alone, the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Embattled Kensington and Chelsea chair refuses to step down The chair of a London college has vowed to stay on after the FE commissioner cancelled a merger she… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News HE funding review launch: read the Prime Minister’s speech in full Delivered this afternoon from Derby College, here’s the PM speech in full and checked against delivery. I took my… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News College principal named in HE funding review panel The panel undertaking a year-long review into higher education and funding, announced today by the prime minister, will include… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Huge expansion of higher education in colleges expected to follow post-18 funding review The Association of Colleges hopes a new review of post-18 education and funding announced by the prime minister will… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Council branded ‘inadequate’ after Ofsted warns of radicalisation risk A local authority in the north-east has plummeted two grades to ‘inadequate’, in an Ofsted report which raised alarms… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: ITP goes straight in with a ‘good’ An independent training provider scored a grade two on its first ever inspection, in a week otherwise characterised by… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Strike dates announced for colleges locked in pay dispute College staff will go on strike over pay and conditions on the last day of February, with some adding… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Anger as apprenticeship providers asked to log off-the-job training Providers will be asked to log apprentices’ off-the-job training hours to prove that the deeply unpopular minimum funding requirement… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News College thrown £3m lifeline ahead of second attempt at merger A cash-strapped college in line for a multi-million pound emergency bailout has announced plans for a make-or-break merger –… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News New ‘campus identifier’ paves way for Ofsted changes in 2019 A new college campus identifier will be introduced into individualised learner records from 2018/19, potentially paving the way for… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 833 Older Must read 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
