WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK: New College Lanarkshire tops 2024 medal table Only two English colleges made this year’s top 10 ranking Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo WorldSkills UK WorldSkills UK: 2024 foundation skills medallists announced The national foundation skills finals ended with a medal ceremony at The Manchester College Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo Apprenticeships DfE contract change sparks apprenticeship axe worry New apprenticeship provider agreement clause leads to demands for clarity Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Colleges, skills Levelling-up cash put in hard-up students’ pockets Basildon reportedly suffers from a ‘lack’ of sixth-form colleges Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Apprenticeships, skills 32 ‘new’ homebuilding skills hubs to ‘fast-track’ apprentice training Locations of the hubs are yet to be confirmed Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo 16-19 Ministers ponder carrots and sticks to curb NEET crisis Young people’s worklessness rates are at a nine year high Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprentice assessment alternatives shelved by DfE ‘Expert’ provider pilot flexibilities and outcomes also kept under wraps Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Skills reform Skills England ‘doomed to fail’, says former education secretary Ministers urged to enshrine independence and employer input in law Shane Chowen 12mo Shane Chowen 12mo News NUS to lead shadow curriculum and assessment review A youth-led review has been launched to mirror the one being led by Professor Becky Francis FE Week Reporter 12mo FE Week Reporter 12mo Apprenticeships, Skills reform Priority employers consulted on growth and skills levy New skills quango seeks views on what non-apprenticeship training should be funded Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo News OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’ Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Ofqual Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Newer 1 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 832 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 2h Anviksha Patel 2h 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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
