News Exclusive AEB devolution plans are the latest to face delay The first wave of adult education budget devolution deals are likely to be delayed beyond the planned 2018-19 delivery… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IfA seeks (paid) peer reviewers The Institute for Apprenticeships is on the hunt for yet more experts – but this time they will be… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE report into foreign skills provision omits funding comparisons with England The Department for Education has been accused of ignoring skills funding concerns after its international review of post-16 funding… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News BREAKING: New non-levy procurement launched The new tender for apprenticeship provision allocations for non-levy-paying employers has been launched at long last today. Hundreds of… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Two providers slump to ‘inadequate’ Two providers plummeted from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ after recent Ofsted inspections, in a week which has seen nearly every… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive Detail of apprenticeship levy audit regime revealed Apprenticeships funded from May will be included in the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s 2016-17 audit programme, FE Week… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Exclusive Local authority sets up rival apprenticeship provider register – but will charge A local authority is planning to make hundreds of thousands in management fees by offering access to its own… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News AEB tender results pushed back AGAIN, now into August Training providers are being are being told they will learn the results of their long delayed adult education budget… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Assessment organisation claims ESFA approval for subcontracting model An end-point assessment organisation claims that the Education and Skills Funding Agency will allow it to subcontract apprenticeship exams… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Yorkshire colleges first to publish targets in £56m AEB pre-devolution deal Colleges in West Yorkshire have agreed a “landmark” partnership with the combined authority to align their annual £56 million… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive London college merger called off at last minute A planned merger between two London colleges has been called off at the last minute, FE Week can reveal…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE quick to rebuff ‘evidence’ of employers calling for changes to off-the-job rule A plea for flexibility in apprenticeship off-the-job training requirements has been swiftly rebutted by the Department for Education. In… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 829 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
