News All-party parliamentary group on apprenticeships calls for pay reform Pay for apprentices should be far more flexible, increasing in line with their experience and level of qualification, the… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Halfon hands out ladder flyers in bid to chair education select committee Former skills minister Robert Halfon has been handing out flyers to MPs, illustrated with his favourite ladder of opportunity,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News New minister backs construction industry’s double levy The construction industry will not be released from the “double whammy” of levy charges it currently pays, the new… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive : Taylor review into ‘Modern Working Practices’ calls for more flexible training A hotly anticipated government review of employment practices is to call for apprenticeship and loan funding to be made available for “modules”… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Association of Colleges restructure plans approved The Association of Colleges has approved restructuring plans designed to help prevent a £1 million overspend in 2017/18 –… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted watch: Independent provider slumps two grades to inadequate An independent training provider has slumped two grades to inadequate, in an otherwise mostly positive week for FE and… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Six MPs stand for election as education committee chair Six Conservative MPs, including three former education ministers, have been nominated to stand for election to chair the House… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Assessment organisations still lacking for over 1,300 apprentices At least 1,300 apprentices are still studying without an apprentice assessment organisation in place, FE Week can reveal. The… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Most eligible employers not yet on levy system Less than half of the employers eligible to register on the government’s apprenticeship system had done so by the… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Investigates: Are T-level plans in trouble? – Greening begs big business for help with “substantive” work placements, while DfE refuses to commit to original plan for… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Milton visits first FE college since becoming minister A college in the midst of completing a three-way merger was chosen by Anne Milton as her first FE… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Iraqi refugee turned biomedical scientist crowned BTEC student of the year An “inspirational” refugee student from Salford City College has been crowned ‘BTEC student of the year’ at a prestigious… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 833 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 6d Anviksha Patel 6d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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
