WorldSkills UK

WorldSkills UK: 2024 foundation skills medallists announced

The national foundation skills finals ended with a medal ceremony at The Manchester College

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Apprenticeships

DfE contract change sparks apprenticeship axe worry 

New apprenticeship provider agreement clause leads to demands for clarity

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Colleges, skills

Levelling-up cash put in hard-up students’ pockets

Basildon reportedly suffers from a ‘lack’ of sixth-form colleges

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, skills

32 ‘new’ homebuilding skills hubs to ‘fast-track’ apprentice training

Locations of the hubs are yet to be confirmed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
16-19

Ministers ponder carrots and sticks to curb NEET crisis

Young people’s worklessness rates are at a nine year high

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

Apprentice assessment alternatives shelved by DfE

‘Expert’ provider pilot flexibilities and outcomes also kept under wraps

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Skills reform

Skills England ‘doomed to fail’, says former education secretary

Ministers urged to enshrine independence and employer input in law

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
News

NUS to lead shadow curriculum and assessment review

A youth-led review has been launched to mirror the one being led by Professor Becky Francis

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Priority employers consulted on growth and skills levy

New skills quango seeks views on what non-apprenticeship training should be funded

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
News

OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down

Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Ofqual

Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators

Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

Q&A: One-word answers and other insights from Martyn Oliver

The government uses one-word judgments to decide when to intervene

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

Must read

Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden