News Exclusive: Third largest awarding organisation pulls out of apprenticeship market Awarding giant OCR has delivered a major blow to the government’s reforms programme by pulling out of delivering final… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Making sense of the plans for T-Levels As reported in FE Week yesterday, the Budget on Wednesday will announce new money for technical education to fund… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Chancellor to announce ‘over £500m’ per year in extra funding for post-16 skills reform The Budget will invest new funding in FE from 2019 to pay for increasing the amount of training for 16 to 19-year-olds… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News FE Week asks: FE Commissioner on ‘big success’ area reviews Richard Atkins has had a very busy four months since he was confirmed as the new FE Commissioner. FE… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Lord Baker: careers advice amendment originally just for UTCs and Studio Schools Lord Baker hit the headlines last week after he won a major concession in the House of Lords, to… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News Exclusive ‘Shocked’ staff sent packing as huge apprenticeship training provider goes bust One of the largest apprenticeship providers in England has called in the administrators after the Skills Funding Agency terminated… FE Week Reporter 9y FE Week Reporter 9y News Government silent on adult skills behavioural research centre funding The government is refusing to say whether more funding will be given to two “pioneering” FE research centres after… Billy Camden 9y Billy Camden 9y News SFA and EFA merger will clear way for Lauener to retire The Education and Skills Funding Agencies are preparing for an imminent merger that will clear the way for their… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Ofsted watch: Local authority provider leaps two grades A local authority provider has leapt two grades from inadequate to good and an independent training provider has received… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Early years educator apprenticeship requirement u-turn confirmed The government has finally confirmed that it is u-turning on the requirements for early years educator apprenticeships. Currently early… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News What’s on during National Apprenticeship Week 2017: Climbing the ladder of opportunity The tenth National Apprenticeship Week will be celebrated across the country this year with an adventurous round of activities…. Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News College governors brand SFA’s new apprenticeship contracts ‘ludicrous’ College governors have branded the SFA’s new apprenticeship contractual arrangements “ludicrous” during a heated discussion at the AoC’s Governance… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 854 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 3d Josh Mellor 3d 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
