News, Profiles Milton’s mission – An interview with the Apprenticeships & Skills minister Anne Milton has just passed her six-month mark as apprenticeships and skills minister. FE Week paid her a visit… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News BREAKING: Government launches 10-week T-levels consultation The long-awaited public consultation for T-levels has today been launched by the government. The consultation, which has been delayed… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Almost 200 T-level panel members announced The full membership of the first six T-level panels has been announced by the Department for Education. The 187-strong… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Large fall in advanced learner loan applications Advanced learner loan applications are continuing to fall, according to new government statistics. Applications so far for 2017/18 are… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Two thirds of apprenticeships ‘convert’ existing employees, report warns Two thirds of apprenticeships are merely “converting” existing employees and could be certifying existing skills, rather than focusing on… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Tough new intervention trigger for FE Commissioner The FE commissioner has new powers to trigger formal intervention, under tougher plans to enter colleges before they hit… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Industrial strategy confirms delay to adult education budget devolution The devolution of the adult education budget has been delayed by a year. In its industrial strategy white paper the government… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Anne Milton apologises for non-levy tender delays The skills minister has offered her “sincere apologies” to FE providers which have been caught up in the non-levy… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government research finds colleges must do more to motivate GCSE resit students Government research has found that colleges need to do more to motivate GCSE maths and English resit students. “Motivation… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News National retraining partnership outlined in new industrial strategy The government has published its industrial strategy white paper this morning, with details of a national retraining partnership unveiled…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ofsted Watch: ‘Good’ news all round for FE It was ‘good’ news all round for FE this week as all inspected providers either maintained or improved their… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Management apprenticeships debate rages The Institute for Apprenticeships has defended the rise in management apprenticeships, amid stark warnings about the fate of those… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 829 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
