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 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 Newer 1 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 833 Older Must read 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
