News Breaking: Apprenticeship pay survey exposes rise in proportion paid illegal wages Nearly a fifth of apprentices at level two and level three are illegally paid less than the minimum wage,… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Exclusive: T-Level crisis exposed as DfE fail to appoint any advisory panel members More trouble has erupted in T-Level planning, after it emerged that no-one has yet been appointed to the advisory… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Mystery surrounds late Learndirect performance breach The nation’s largest FE provider has finally been hit with a serious performance breach notice, a month after its… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Almost 400 staff face uncertain summer through post-merger job cuts plan Nearly 400 staff at one of the largest colleges in the country face an uncertain future while post-merger restructuring… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News First degree apprentices in UK graduate The first group of degree apprentices in the UK have graduated today, with seven out of the 11 gaining… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Statistics regulator pressured DfE into achievement rate U-turn The government was pressured into its major U-turn on the publication of hidden achievement rate data in the wake… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News DfE confirms £267m underspend of 16-19 budget in last two years A whopping £130 million per year has gone unspent in 16 to 19 funding for each of the past… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Government breaks deferred loan repayments promise Learners stuck with heavy loans debt but no qualifications, after a training provider went bust, are still being forced… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News All three Tees Valley area review merger proposals fall through All three mergers proposed by the Tees Valley area review have now fallen through. News of the breakdown in… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Corbyn demands end of FE loans in new Labour push The government will be pressured by Labour in the coming months to scrap advanced learner loans, its leader Jeremy… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Kendal College falls from grade one This week brought disappointment for Kendal College, which lost its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade and dropped down to ‘good’. The… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Learner satisfaction still highest with private providers Private training providers have maintained their near 10-point lead over colleges in the government’s annual learner satisfaction survey, which… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y Newer 1 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 836 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
