Apprenticeships New DfE employer and apprentice surveys reveal reasons behind huge drop-out rate Complex and wide ranging contributers to withdrawals found by researchers Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo FE Week Podcast The FE Week Podcast: New college, new country – Refugees in FE After travelling thousands of miles, facing extremely dangerous situations, often stuck in legal limbo – refugee and asylum-seeking students… Jess Staufenberg 1mo The FE Week Podcast 1mo Colleges MBE for AoC’s Mary Vine-Morris The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the MBE was ‘testimony to Mary’s long-standing support for further education… Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo News Skills and Productivity Board and Unit for Future Skills: a one-stop shop of what has been published so far The SPB has now wound up and been replaced by the Unit for Future Skills. The research conducted over… Will Nott 1mo Will Nott 1mo Apprenticeships ESFA ditches 20% off-the-job requirement as part of 2022/23 apprenticeship funding rule changes The government has ditched its controversial 20 per cent requirement for off-the-job training in apprenticeships and replaced it with… Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges Plans to de-merge Lewisham College from NCG revealed NCG and London South East Colleges are understood to be in discussions about the future of FE in Lewisham. Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo AEB, Devolution Controversy as Liverpool City Region hands adult education budget contracts to ‘out-of-area’ providers 16 providers won procured contracts in the Liverpool City Region’s latest AEB tender Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo T Levels Pre-T Level course flops in first year Just 1 in 7 students on the first transition programme progressed on to a full T Level Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Skills reform Who’s deciding the future of BTECs? Secrecy surrounds DfE’s ‘independent assessors’ Transparency demanded as DfE refuses to publish details Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Colleges AoC raises college staff pay recommendation – but only to 2.25% The recommendation is well below the call from unions for a 10% rise Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Ofsted City and Guilds-owned apprenticeship provider falls two Ofsted grades Gen2 is no longer ‘outstanding’ after a decade without inspection Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo News 80 winners scoop silver at the 2022 Pearson National Teaching Awards Silver winners will now be shortlisted for one of 16 gold awards Freddie Whittaker 1mo Freddie Whittaker 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 649 Older Must read Colleges, Exams Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time Jason Noble 1w Jason Noble 1w News Long read How the cost of living crisis is taking its toll on FE students Leaders reveal how families are now struggling to feed and clothe their children Jason Noble 1w Jason Noble 1w Colleges Union rejects AoC’s ‘totally unacceptable’ new pay offer for college staff The pay offer has been upped to 2.5% from 2.25% Jason Noble 2w Jason Noble 2w Next 3 stories Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 2w Will Nott 2w News Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges Major review launched to bring colleges back into public sector After ten years in the private sector, the ONS are now considering whether to reclassify colleges as public sector… Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo
