News Exclusive Special interview: Minister speaks to FE Week about careers strategy The long-awaited careers strategy was revealed to the world in a conference hall in Solihull earlier today. FE Week… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Robert Halfon: Consolidate the UK’s ‘duplicated’ careers services The Careers and Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service should be brought under a single umbrella to avoid… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Anne Milton finally unveils much-delayed careers strategy The long-overdue careers strategy has finally been unveiled by the apprenticeships and skills minister, at the Careers Development Institute’s… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Is FE ready for the big apprenticeship frameworks switch-off? The process of closing the old-style apprenticeship frameworks to new starts began in March 2016, but only those with… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Who will run the FE centres of excellence for maths? The autumn budget brought with it a commitment from the government to invest £40 million in new further education… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Complaints over apprenticeship payments system breakdown The government has been swamped with complaints about its malfunctioning apprenticeship payment systems, which are incorrectly demanding cash from… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Breaking: Non-levy tendering funding decisions to be revealed next week The government has announced that it finally expect to issue notices of decisions to providers next week, on the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted Watch: Success for colleges but ITP rated ‘inadequate’ Two colleges have seen their grades go up to ‘good’ this week – but three previously uninspected providers haven’t… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Government delays on subcontracting charges The government has been accused of double standards on subcontracting charges, after it missed its own deadline for issuing… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship standards left in limbo by IfA red tape Thirteen separate apprenticeship standards with approved assessment plans have been left in limbo for two or more months because… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News T-levels: DfE won’t consult on 3-month work placements The education secretary has ruled out T-levels at level two and will not budge on mandatory three-month work placements,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Colleges’ Ofsted grades bounce back England’s colleges are showing signs of turning a significant corner in their Ofsted performance. Seven have managed to dig… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 829 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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
