News Ascentis named as awarding organisation of the year Ascentis has been crowned awarding organisation of the year on an exciting night for the sector. The Federation of… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship funding model report provokes dismay A long-awaited report on whether the government’s forecasting tool to predict apprenticeship starts is working has caused dismay over… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News SPONSORED: Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way Using technology to assist the delivery of an engaging education experience is no longer a luxury — it’s a… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y News No news on permanent Institute for Apprenticeships boss Attempts to recruit a permanent chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships are still ongoing, six months after the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Full medal tables published Team UK’s position as one the best in the world at vocational skills has been reaffirmed following World Skills… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Two colleges improve to ‘good’ rating Two FE colleges are celebrating Ofsted success this week after climbing from a grade 3 to a grade 2…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Colleges lose £1.2 million under controversial condition-of-funding rules Four providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule, although… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Budget 2017: Non-levy funding looms large The autumn budget will be delivered by the chancellor on November 22, and leading sector bodies have made requests… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Cash-strapped college wastes £3m on development plans A cash-strapped London college spent more than £3 million on plans to develop one of its sites that never… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive End point assessment crisis – apprentices who can’t complete End-point assessment has hit crisis point – as FE leaders warn that the first wave of learners are reaching… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Team UK strikes gold in Abu Dhabi Team UK has retained its top-10 position at WorldSkills this year, after our competitors bagged one gold, three silvers,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News ‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss The chief of the Association of Colleges has publicly criticised the Department for Education for trying to reform the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Newer 1 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 829 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