News Budget 2017: Inflation-busting apprentice minimum wage rise The national minimum wage for apprentices will rise again in April, from £3.50 to £3.70 per hour, the chancellor… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Budget 2017: £8.5m to explore new maths resit approaches The government has set aside £8.5 million to pilot “innovative approaches” to improving its controversial GCSE maths resit policy…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Budget 2017: Extra £20m for colleges to prepare for T-levels The government will invest an extra £20 million to help colleges prepare for the introduction of T-levels, the chancellor… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Budget 2017: Colleges to get level three maths funding boost Colleges will get £600 for every extra student who studies maths at level three under a proposal due to… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted boost for college battling ‘financial crisis’ A major college that has been battling a financial crisis has clawed its way up to a ‘good’ Ofsted… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Sheffield College chief executive resigns The chief executive of a large general further education college in the north of England has resigned. The Sheffield… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News £76m available for adult retraining in digital and construction Plans to invest £76 million into retraining adults who want to work in the digital and construction sectors have… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News New ESFA boss admits levy ‘challenges’ The apprenticeship levy is having a challenging introduction, the new person in charge of education finances has admitted. Eileen… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Institute for Apprenticeships announces full membership of new route panels The Institute for Apprenticeships has announced the full membership lists for its 15 industry route panels, who will play… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Squad UK for WorldSkills Kazan 2019 revealed Nearly 150 young people have been named in WorldSkills UK’s official Squad, and are one step closer to competing… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Skills Show 2017: Hundreds of apprentices honoured at closing ceremony Nearly 200 of the UK’s most talented young tradespeople were rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medals at The… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Anxious wait for ‘hopeful’ FE sector ahead of budget The FE sector faces an anxious wait before the budget is announced on November 22 after it united to… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 833 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
