News Lords launch inquiry into the state of technical education The House of Lords has called for an inquiry into whether or not FE and vocational training is funded… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government’s new crackdown on illegally low wages for apprentices Rogue employers who illegally underpay apprentices have been threatened with severe jail sentences, under a new government crackdown on… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Blackburn College students fume over two-week results delay Degree students left waiting for overdue results from a Lancashire college have branded the delay “cruel” and are demanding… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive: Government inaction as employers leave apprentices half a million pounds out of pocket It’s likely that no-one has been fined or prosecuted for illegally underpaying apprentices, an FE Week investigation exposing the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Tendering launch time for Institutes of Technology revealed Tenders for developing the government’s new Institutes of Technology have been put off until the autumn, skills and apprenticeships… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Three providers branded ‘inadequate’ Three providers have been branded ‘inadequate’ in a tough week for the FE and skills sector. Land-based provider Easton… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Investigation update: Confusion as government refuses to say if all provider’s funding pulled The future of a provider caught offering banned inducements to an employer remains in limbo, after the government refused… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Minister announces T-levels delay The first T-levels will be delayed until September 2020 – a year later than planned – the government has announced… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News T-levels crisis: DfE report warns single awarding organisation ‘unviable’ The T-levels crisis has deepened after a new report claimed Lord Sainsbury’s recommendation to have one awarding organisation per… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Smith review calls for rethink on GCSE maths resit policy The government’s controversial policy on post-16 GCSE resits should be rethought, according to the author of a new government-commissioned… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ten things we learned from the SFA and EFA annual reports The Skills Funding Agency and the Education Funding Agency have both released their annual reports and accounts for 2016-17… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofqual to investigate DCS qualifications fraud The country’s exams regulator has begun an investigation into “direct claim status” in an attempt to tackle qualifications malpractice… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 836 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
