WorldSkills WorldSkills UK national finals will move to Wales in 2025 South Wales to host national event for the first time Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges 40 extra hours policy ‘helpful’ for 3 in 5 colleges, report suggests But researchers warn they cannot accurately measure compliance Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y News OfS dishes out further £14m for level 6 degree apprenticeships expansion Comes a week after the government revealed plans to restrict level 7 apprenticeships Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Politics Phillipson tells school pay review body to consider FE impact Education secretary appears to namecheck further education workforce for first time in STRB remit letter Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Apprenticeships, T Levels Just over half of T Level students satisfied with course, DfE survey reveals Most common reasons for apprentice dropouts and levels of OTJ compliance also revealed Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y News Brokers fail to raise SME awareness or starts in DfE apprenticeship pilot Officials urged to explore other ways of engaging small and medium employers Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges 21-year-old unfair college dismissal claim is ‘just too late’ Case against London college group thrown out for unlikelihood of fair hearing Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Adult education DfE boosted early bootcamp payments after provider complaints Performance targets were described as ‘unrealistic’ Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Prison education Prisons ‘lack resources’ for inmates to learn their way to liberty Ministers are considering linking prison education to early release for the second time in a decade Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Pensions Treasury plans to extend pensions deal to colleges FE bodies to consult members on extending public pension guarantee to colleges Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges Pat Carvalho announced as new AoC president She will take over from Corrienne Peasgood on October 16 Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges Tributes to former East Durham College principal Colleagues have praised her for championing further education Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Newer 1 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 832 Older Must read 16-19 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 6h Anviksha Patel 6h News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
