News Exclusive The 3m apprenticeship manifesto target slips further way – and now the AoC boss wants it scrapped The government’s ambition to reach three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 is slipping further out of its grasp as… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News BREAKING: Apprenticeship starts continue to fall sharply six months after introduction of the levy Total apprenticeship starts fell 41 percent for the six months since May when the levy was introduced, compared to… Nick Linford 8y Nick Linford 8y News Skills Commission: Young apprentices need travel subsidies now The government is harming young and disadvantaged people with its failure to ease their travel costs, according to a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News David Meller resigns from DfE board following Presidents Club allegations David Meller, the co-chair of the controversial Presidents Club charity dinner that has been rocked by allegations of sexual… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News DfE director and apprenticeship group chair Meller’s ‘Presidents Club’ dinner rocked by sexual harassment allegations A charity fundraising dinner run by a Department for Education director and academy trust founder has been rocked by… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Urgent government action needed to save traineeships, AELP claims Traineeships are in decline and could die without more support from the government, the Association of Employment and Learning… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Education secretary Damian Hinds commits to finding new employers for all Carillion apprentices The new education secretary will ensure that every apprentice affected by the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion will be… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News FE commissioner Richard Atkins: ‘Funding for FE is unfair’ The sector’s funding is “unfair”, the FE commissioner has told a parliamentary hearing. Richard Atkins was asked about the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Former ESFA boss Peter Lauener to chair NCG Peter Lauener, the busiest man in FE, has bagged himself yet another job, this time as chair of one… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Cornwall College gets £3.5m to help cashflow problems A cash-strapped college has received £3.5 million in emergency funding, according to its accounts. Cornwall College Group received exceptional… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Exeter College brings the big guns in its non-levy tender battle A high-profile ‘outstanding’ college has asked its influential local MP to help it overturn the decision not to give… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Trio of providers lose ‘outstanding’ grades Three providers have lost their ‘outstanding’ grades this week – while another earned the lowest possible grade at its… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 833 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
