News AELP demands widespread changes to 20 per cent off-the-job apprenticeship training rule Calls are being made for widespread changes to the minimum 20 per cent off-the-job training apprenticeship rule, in a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Decision to retain forced maths and English GCSE resits ‘extremely’ disappointing A government move to continue insisting on widespread GCSE maths and English resits – through the heavily criticised condition… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Ofsted watch: College snubbed from register rated ‘outstanding’ for apprenticeships A college that didn’t make it on to the government’s new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers has received an… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Breaking: Ofsted launches official ‘good’ logo in policy U-turn A new logo is being launched by Ofsted for providers rated ‘good’ – seven months after FE Week exclusively… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Skills Commission demands cross-departmental minister for lifelong learning A group of key FE figures has called for a cross-departmental minister for a lifelong learning, through a new… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Sixth UTC hit with Ofsted inadequate grade Pupils were “sold a dream” and had their “confidence and aspirations knocked” by a university technical college that has… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News HEFCE to regulate degree apprenticeships Degree apprenticeships will be regulated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and not by Ofsted. The news… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Apprentices to receive welcome card to be used with an off-the-job training calculator Did we catch you out? This year’s FE Week April Fool was just believable enough for some, especially as… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ofsted watch: ‘Requires improvement’ for K College successor A provider that took on much of the former K College provision, following its demise, has been rated as ‘requires… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Influential group of MPs demand action over lack of apprenticeship assessment organisations Government apprenticeship policies have come in for stern criticism in a new report by MPs, that insisted standards should… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Team UK selection for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi underway Around 70 of the country’s top skilled young people are this week taking part in a five-day competition that… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News First inadequate Ofsted rating for loans-only provider The first inadequate-overall Ofsted rating has been handed out to a loans-only provider, which complained it had been unaware… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo