News Area review ignored as central London set for second mega-college merger A London college that had been set for a ground-breaking partnership with an adult learning provider has announced plans… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Recipe for confusion concern as IfA seeks up to 150 expert advisers A call for up to 150 industry experts to join new Institute for Apprenticeships advisory panels, has prompted concerns… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive Learndirect : One in ten staff could face redundancy at nation’s largest provider The nation’s largest training provider is consulting on a new wave of redundancies – with its chief executive admitting… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News ESFA concern: providers subcontracting to employers Providers using employers as subcontractors in ways that are “contrary to the spirit” of the apprenticeship reforms will face… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Skills minister the fixer promises to listen and ‘make it work’ The new skills minister has reassured the sector that her motivation in the role is “to make it work”… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Advertorial | Area review: how can digital technology help your college transform? Colleges are facing a tough period of transformation, with area review implementation presenting an unavoidable challenge for all, while… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News New skills minister brings welcome news as apprenticeship reforms suffer slow start The new skills minister, Anne Milton, has announced that the non-levy growth requests will be brought forward to July, at the… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Merger collapse makes it a dozen area review failures Yet another merger recommended in the area reviews has collapsed, as a planned link-up between two colleges in the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News DfE publish long awaited off-the-job training guidance This morning the Department for Education published additional guidance on the 20 percent off-the-job training rule for apprenticeships. Click… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Achievement rates at Learndirect fall under minimum standards The nation’s largest FE provider has been badly shaken by the changes in the way achievement rates are calculated,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive Prison education reforms on hold for another year Reforms to prison education seem to be back on hold, as existing offender learning contracts are being extended for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News NCG and others blame IT ‘glitches’ for achievement rates table absence Providers have blamed “data glitches” for their absence from the latest national achievement rate tables. The five colleges and… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 842 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
