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 News Exclusive Colleges in dark over data reporting rule Many colleges aren’t managing to fulfil their legal duties to publish 16-to-18 performance data – apparently because they don’t… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted watch: Local authority provider shakes off inadequate rating A council-run adult and community learning provider has managed to shake off its previous inadequate rating this week, going… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted chief stresses ‘real challenge’ with apprenticeships register Ofsted’s chief inspector has reiterated the “real challenge” faced by the education watchdog following the influx of new training… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Gold standard for 14 colleges with HE teaching Fourteen FE colleges have achieved gold status for higher education teaching in the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework ratings…. Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Terminated: Government bans major levy provider after FE Week exposé A major training provider claiming to have £130m of apprenticeship levy business has had its contract with the ESFA… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Festival of Skills: Apprenticeship starts ‘a quarter’ of what they were before May Members of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers have reported apprenticeship starts in May falling to around a… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Festival of Skills: Start assessing as apprentices begin, providers told Providers need to assess new apprentices’ skills as soon as they begin training in order to establish a baseline… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y Newer 1 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
