News Gordon Marsden lays out Labour’s FE policy objectives Labour would establish an official pre-apprenticeship programme, and support apprenticeships for care leavers, veterans and people with disabilities, according… FE Week 9y FE Week 9y News Editor Asks: Amanda Spielman, chief inspector, Ofsted With ‘inadequate’ verdicts fatally undermining many FE providers, the stakes have never been higher on Ofsted inspections. The new… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News No growth projections for Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers There has been no modelling done by the Skills Funding Agency to predict how many providers will eventually end… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Apprenticeship providers warned not to sacrifice quality The “new apprenticeship system is the eBay of education” and “will drive down quality”, the boss of the Association… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Breaking: College on ‘lock down’ due to security threat A college has been closed for the day and all students sent home because of a security threat. Bury… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Ofqual boss: lack of end point assessment organisations is ‘not irresponsible’ Ofqual’s chief regulator has said it’s “not irresponsible” for apprenticeships to be launched without an organisation in place to… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted watch: Another UTC hit with poor grade A university technical college in Middlesex received a grade three in its first ever Ofsted inspection, spelling even more… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News MPs queue up to blast apprenticeships register omissions Fierce criticism has flooded in from MPs concerned at the large number of colleges that have missed out on… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News NHS defends apprenticeship brokerage fees The NHS has defended controversial new plans to charge a brokerage fee to training providers that win levy-funded apprenticeship… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News ‘Mandatory training’ for untested apprenticeship providers on register New providers with little or no track record will have to undergo “mandatory training” before they can deliver apprenticeships,… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: England alone with end-point assessment-only apprenticeships Research by leading FE academics has shown England is the only one, out of eight countries reported on because… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Delegates flood to Birmingham for FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeships Conference FE Week’s third Annual Apprenticeships Conference was off to a flying start this morning, after a warm welcome from… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 832 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 5d Anviksha Patel 5d 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 3w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
