News Area review waves four and five recommendations published Reports into the final two waves of the area reviews of post-16 education and training have finally been published… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE call for £600-a-day assessment consultants branded ‘recipe for failure’ The Department for Education is on the hunt for £600-a-day consultants to advise on the “suitability of proposed assessment… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News DfE refuses to reveal April apprenticeship starts The Department for Education has refused to tell FE Week how many apprenticeship starts there were in April –… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y 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 Newer 1 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 842 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
