News #SaveOurAdultEducation call for loans justice is raised in House of Lords Leading government skills adviser Professor Alison Wolf has added her voice to calls, through FE Week’s #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign, for… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News BREAKING: Ofqual challenges ‘blurred’ responsibilities in apprenticeship programme The government exams watchdog has voiced fears that responsibilities within the current apprenticeship system have become “blurred”. In its… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Parliamentary launch for FE Week’s Save Our Adult Education campaign draws huge support More than 200 passionate supporters of lifelong learning packed-out the official launch of FE Week’s #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign in the… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Exam board faces £50,000 Ofqual fine for handling of qualifications fraud case An awarding organisation is facing a fine of £50,000 over its handling of a high-profile case of alleged qualifications… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Former ‘outstanding’ college’s Oftsed rating slumps after first inspection for decade A college that went a decade without being inspected by Ofsted has crashed two grades. Bury College was rated… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Exclusive Another 100 students left with FE loans and no courses after demise of provider Edudo Another 100 learners appear to have been left with heavy student loans debt but no qualifications to show for… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Manchester merger scrapped by FE Commissioner One of just two mergers recommended in the troubled Manchester area review has been scrapped following intervention by the… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News School funding ‘done rather well’ and it’s cuts to 16-18 that’s the ‘bigger story’ claims Institute for Fiscal Studies Researchers at the influential Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) have contrasted cuts to 16-18 funding with “spending shifting towards earlier… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Ethnic minority target for apprenticeship diversity group The government launched the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network this week. One of its key aims will be to increase… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Early years educators shaken by sudden trailblazer shutdown The government has shut down the trailblazer group for early years educator apprenticeships, in a move described by sector… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Colleges welcome new apprenticeship subcontracting rules Colleges are using the new subcontracting rules to regain some of the ground lost to independent training providers accused… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News FE Week launches #SaveOurAdultEducation campaign FE Week is calling on the government to make three key policy changes to #SaveOurAdultEducation as part of a… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y Newer 1 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 829 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
