Colleges, RSHE DfE ‘considering’ making sex education compulsory in colleges The move follows calls by MPs in July to extend the provision to post-16 settings Joshua Stein 3w Joshua Stein 3w Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform Exclusive Treasury plans apprenticeship levy restrictions Chancellor wants to act on soaring degree-level apprenticeship spending Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges Seven colleges scoop royal prize for further education ‘Ground-breaking’ college initiatives in space engineering, nuclear and maritime among this year’s Queen’s Anniversary Prize winners FE Week Reporter 3w FE Week Reporter 3w News GCSE students set to be given exam aids for one more year It follows Nick Gibb, ex-schools minister, saying there was ‘an expectation’ the support would not be offered this year Samantha Booth 3w Samantha Booth 3w Ofsted Amanda Spielman’s swansong AoC conference speech Ofsted chief inspector delivers her final speech to the colleges sector FE Week Reporter 3w FE Week Reporter 3w News FE Commissioner sets apprenticeships and bootcamps targets for colleges Comes amid government concerns that colleges’ share of both markets is too low Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges DfE appoints first FE student support champion The role has been created to improve student success and progress Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Skills reform Halfon pleads with colleges to convince more students to take T Levels Skills minister urges leaders to persuade more year 11s onto the courses as plans for a replacement qualification build Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Politics Labour’s levy plan would limit apprenticeships to 140,000 a year, government claims Proposal would cost an additional £1.5bn, new estimations suggest Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w News Damian Hinds returns to DfE as minister of state Appointment follows resignation of schools minister Nick Gibb Freddie Whittaker 3w Freddie Whittaker 3w Colleges Strikes called off at another 7 colleges Staff at 8 colleges will begin three days of strike action from tomorrow Anviksha Patel 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Colleges Exclusive Interview: AoC president finds her voice Newly re-appointed Association of Colleges president Corrienne Peasgood tells Shane Chowen how she’s ready to fight for colleges and… Shane Chowen 4w Shane Chowen 4w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 731 Older Must read Politics Fears of even more FE budget cuts after autumn statement Spending on non-protected government budgets, like further education, at risk due to spending on tax cuts, according to analysts Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform Exclusive OBR forecast hikes apprenticeship levy intake to £4bn next year Gap between levy receipts and public spending distribution becomes ‘gaping chasm’ Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Ofqual, Ofsted Exclusive Ofqual investigation ‘made me feel like a criminal’ Apprenticeship assessment firm exits market after regulator’s audit left owner feeling suicidal Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Next 3 resources News Autumn statement: £50m pilot for ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Apprentice minimum wage rises, while talks over levy restrictions continue Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Long read Long read Too few workers leaves childcare ‘revolution’ in peril The early years sector is facing debilitating staff shortages. Jessica Hill speaks to sector leaders about how reforms to… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w BTECs, Skills reform, T Levels 155,000 young people to ‘fall through the gap’ left by BTECs, report warns ‘Desperate’ ministers also accused of misusing data to overstate performance of T Levels Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo
