News Gold standard for 14 colleges with HE teaching Fourteen FE colleges have achieved gold status for higher education teaching in the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework ratings…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Terminated: Government bans major levy provider after FE Week exposé A major training provider claiming to have £130m of apprenticeship levy business has had its contract with the ESFA… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Festival of Skills: Apprenticeship starts ‘a quarter’ of what they were before May Members of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers have reported apprenticeship starts in May falling to around a… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Festival of Skills: Start assessing as apprentices begin, providers told Providers need to assess new apprentices’ skills as soon as they begin training in order to establish a baseline… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Second consecutive grade four Ofsted for previously ‘outstanding’ college A former ‘outstanding’ college has been hit with a second consecutive ‘inadequate’ rating from Ofsted in just 15 months…. Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Government urged to do more to rescue struggling UTCs Far more needs to be done by the government to support its struggling University Technical Colleges programme, a new… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive £10 million refund claims expected from colleges as HMRC accepts euro VAT ruling Colleges will be exempt from VAT on important training supplies following a landmark European Court of Justice ruling –… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Queen’s speech confirms it is full steam ahead for introduction of T-Levels The Queen’s speech has confirmed that the drive towards T-Levels will continue full steam ahead. The monarch delivered her speech… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive New skills minister Anne Milton speaking at AELP conference 2017 The first major speech delivered to the sector by the new skills minister will be at the Association of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News ‘Maximum disruption’ criticism of strike picket line planned for enrolment day Striking union members have been criticised for trying to cause “maximum disruption to the community”, by taking the unusual… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Private equity firm pay £700 million for major provider A private equity firm has reportedly paid a massive £700 million to buy out a major independent training provider…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive DfE blames lack of resources for loans figures suspension The Department for Education has blamed a lack of resources for its failure to publish up-to-date advance learner loans… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 836 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
