16-19 Ministers ponder carrots and sticks to curb NEET crisis Young people’s worklessness rates are at a nine year high Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprentice assessment alternatives shelved by DfE ‘Expert’ provider pilot flexibilities and outcomes also kept under wraps Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Skills reform Skills England ‘doomed to fail’, says former education secretary Ministers urged to enshrine independence and employer input in law Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y News NUS to lead shadow curriculum and assessment review A youth-led review has been launched to mirror the one being led by Professor Becky Francis FE Week Reporter 1y FE Week Reporter 1y Apprenticeships, Skills reform Priority employers consulted on growth and skills levy New skills quango seeks views on what non-apprenticeship training should be funded Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y News OCR boss Jill Duffy to step down Duffy will take on ‘new non-executive positions’ as she ‘steps back from full-time executive leadership’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Ofqual Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Ofsted Q&A: One-word answers and other insights from Martyn Oliver The government uses one-word judgments to decide when to intervene Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Staff AoC asks members: Is an FE pay review body worth it? College leaders flirt with the idea of FE getting their own pay review body Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted Catholic sixth form college awarded third ‘outstanding’ in a row Yorkshire principal ‘immensely proud’ Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Ofsted London university receives top Ofsted marks for degree apprenticeships Inspectors rated Queen Mary University ‘outstanding’ across the board Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Colleges Stop depleting your cash reserves, Legrave tells colleges FE Commissioner also calls on leaders to better understand severance payment rules Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 841 Older Must read 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
