News Hotly anticipated apprenticeship levy funding update released Nearly all employers will only have to contribute 10 per cent to the cost of an apprenticeship from April 2017,… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul As the curtain comes down on Rio 2016, FE students past and present have helped Team GB storm to… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Exclusive DfE to consult on banning apprenticeships at grade four colleges More than ten colleges could be excluded from accessing apprenticeship funding because of their grade four Ofsted rating, FE… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Independent learning provider criticises Ofsted for ‘inappropriate’ timing The chief executive of a charity and independent learning provider focused on helping people with disabilities has declared the… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News College principal to keep job despite Ofsted ‘inadequate’ grade A principal will keep his job despite his college dropping two Ofsted grades to inadequate. The education watchdog’s verdict… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Schools careers advice added to skills minister brief Careers advice in schools has been added to the skills minister brief, as part of the machinery of government… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Delayed apprenticeship levy details finally due this week Long-awaited information on the apprenticeship levy is finally due to be released this Friday, after a series of delays…. Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Student protestors celebrate after performing arts courses saved Performing arts students who took to the streets to save their courses are celebrating after college leaders decided against… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News College Twitter rap for touting on neighbour’s turf They may say at Tesco that “every little helps” — but Bromley College faced criticism that it had overstepped… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Government upheavals undermining planning for next academic year Hold-ups to key FE announcements and reports caused by recent government upheavals are undermining planning for next academic year,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Ofsted tightens up inspection regime as college mergers rocket The inspection regime is being tightened up by Ofsted to keep track on rocketing numbers of college mergers. Ofsted… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Three new college merger plans unveiled as eight partnerships finalised A four-way college link-up is one of three new major merger plans to have been unveiled— as eight partnerships involving… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 829 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