News #SaveOurAdultEducation: Senior peer tries to protect future learners over loan debts A senior peer who has thrown his support behind FE Week’s campaign to #SaveOurAdultEducation, has tabled an amendment to… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exclusive Exclusive: Non-levy allocations no longer ruled out for unsuccessful colleges Non-levy allocations will no longer be ruled out for the dozens of colleges that weren’t listed on the new… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Making sense of the 20% off-the-job apprenticeship funding rule One of the most important apprenticeship funding rules from May is the requirement that every apprentice “spends at least 20… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Exclusive Minister wrongly claims there are no grade four providers on new apprenticeships register The written response from apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon to an open letter, complaining about the Register of Apprenticeship Training… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Unsuccessful applicants can reapply for apprenticeships register… but deadline is tight Providers that feel aggrieved because they did not make it onto the new Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Damning Ofsted report that caused downfall of huge provider published The damning Ofsted report that caused the downfall of huge apprenticeship training provider First4Skills has now been published. The… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News SFA apprenticeship funding rules strengthened to deter employer kick-backs The apprenticeship funding rules, which come into force from May, have now been updated by the SFA to deter employer kick-backs…. Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News More than half of apprenticeship standards still have no assessor Too many uncertainties in the new apprenticeship system is fuelling the acute lack of assessment organisations for new standards,… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Finance director blamed in new FE commissioner report A former finance director has been singled out as the “root cause” of a major London college’s financial failings,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Exclusive: New Ofsted chief ‘worried’ about apprenticeship register The new chief inspector at Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, has spoken to FE Week of her concern following publication of… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News Less than 50 per cent of inspected UTCs ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ Less than half of the university technical colleges visited by Ofsted have received ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grades, exclusive FE… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News No funded qualifications for over a third of approved standards More than a third of the apprenticeship standards that the government has deemed ready for delivery involve no funded… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 832 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
