News Government listen to concerns and pause all apprenticeship framework removals The government’s decision on the phasing out of the next wave of apprenticeship frameworks has again be postponed, this… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government revises 29 apprenticeship framework funding rates The potential funding rates for health and social care apprenticeship frameworks, among many others, have been increased by the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Scrap the new and ‘controversial’ £200,000 non-levy tender minimum, says AELP A request to scrap the “controversial” £200,000 threshold in the new non-levy procurement process is going to be put… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IfA appoints small exam board as apprenticeship ‘External Quality Assurance’ delivery partner A small awarding organisation that appears to have little experience in the apprenticeships market will deliver external quality assurance… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News SFCA welcome significant funding win for two year courses Funding for students that drop-out in the second year of their two year course will be doubled, under a… FE Week Reporter 8y FE Week Reporter 8y News Providers to be blocked by DfE from speaking directly to the media – it’s ‘nonsensical’ says AELP boss The government has told providers who deliver apprenticeship provision for non-levy-paying employers that they must not speak directly with… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Apprenticeship reforms and social mobility under the spotlight in new inquiry Social mobility and the government’s apprenticeship reforms are set to come under the spotlight of a major new inquiry,… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News A busy day for mergers as 21 colleges join 10 partnerships A record-breaking 10 partnerships involving 21 colleges have been made official today – making this the single busiest day… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Hartpury becomes second FE college to earn degree awarding powers A college in Gloucester is only the second FE provider in the country to be granted powers by the… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News IPPR: The apprenticeship levy needs a ‘radical rethink’ The apprenticeship levy needs a radical rethink to double investment in skills, according to a new report from a… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Flammable cladding discovered at major Birmingham college One of Birmingham’s largest colleges has failed a government fire safety test in the wake of the Grenfell Tower… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y 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 Newer 1 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 836 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
