News Exclusive Government loophole allows apprenticeship brokerage to continue Taking fees for brokering apprenticeship funding is acceptable, according to correspondence from the Skills Funding Agency – as long… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Warrington UTC enrages neighbouring schools by ‘poaching’ pupils A university technical college in Cheshire has been accused of poaching students from local schools in the middle of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one Luton Sixth Form College has become the latest FE provider to lose its prized grade one status. It follows… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes The way the government handled the first wave of the area reviews has been slammed by new research on… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Top providers turn to MPs for non-levy relief Top training providers and colleges still denied non-levy contracts are turning to influential MPs in an effort to squeeze… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Lauener pledges salary to student hardship fund Peter Lauener will donate the £25,000 salary he will earn as chair of one of the UK’s largest college… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Multi-academy trusts fail to implement Baker clause Just two of the 10 largest multi-academy trusts in England have fully complied with their new legal duty to… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive Over half of Learndirect’s 17,000 apprentices failed last year More than half of the 17,000 apprentices due to complete their course with Learndirect last year failed, as its… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Interserve denies 5,000+ apprentices will go the way of Carillion Even as the fallout from Carillion’s collapse engrossed the nation, another outsourcing giant which trains over 5,000 apprentices also… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 Newer 1 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 842 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
