News Future of Workers’ Educational Association threatened by devolution A huge training provider that has been educating disadvantaged adults for over 100 years could “disappear” if it loses… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Bitter war of words intensifies between AELP and IfA The Institute for Apprenticeships is the “biggest threat” to quality in apprenticeships, the boss of the Association of Employment… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News CITB shedding 800 jobs as it pulls out of direct training The Construction Industry Training Board will shed around 800 jobs over the next three years, in a radical overhaul… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship payments system malfunctions again The government’s apprenticeship payments report system has been broken for almost a week – and there’s no fix currently… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News CITB finds almost three quarters of Carillion apprentices new employers Almost three quarters of the apprentices left jobless following the collapse of Carillion have secured new employment, following an… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted saves £400k with longer grade 2 inspection gap Ofsted will save around £400,000 during the next academic year by elongating the maximum period between inspections for ‘good’… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: RNN Group criticised for poor oversight of subcontractors A college group has been criticised for its poor oversight of subcontractors, in the latest of a new wave… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Catholic sixth-form colleges demand academisation protection Frustration is reaching boiling point at Catholic sixth-form colleges over barriers to converting to academy status. Becoming an academy,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News ‘Last resort’ IfA quality assures almost half of all apprenticeship standards The Institute for Apprenticeships is now the external quality-assurance provider for a massive 45 per cent of all fully-approved… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Quality of FE teacher training is ‘high’ but falling numbers are ‘a challenge’, research finds The quality of FE teacher training has continued at an extremely high standard, but falling numbers joining the profession… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Topslice criticism for college given extra £1.6m adult education funding The college that topped the funding tables during the adult education budget procurement has been awarded an extra £1.6… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive £73m adult education budget left unspent by 441 providers Hundreds of colleges and training providers have between them failed to deliver £73 million of allocated funding, exclusive FE… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 851 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
