Apprenticeships, Higher education

Master’s-level apprenticeships ban risks throwing ‘baby out with bath water’

Fears that public services will be hardest hit by levy restrictions

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

English and maths rules in apprenticeships under ‘review’

DfE seeks to ensure policy is ‘striking the right balance’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

More data needed to tackle apprenticeship dropout rates

Researchers found that nine out of ten non-completing nursing associate apprentices dropped out close to their end dates

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Sponsored post

Sandwell College and NHS Trust launch £18 million Learning Campus, creating hundreds of jobs and training opportunities in the West Midlands

Sandwell College and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust recently announced a landmark agreement, which is set to secure…

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Sandwell College
News

Curriculum review call for evidence: what FE needs to know

The government has this morning published a call for evidence for its wide-ranging curriculum and assessment review. We already…

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Skills England

Skills England publishes first report

New body, currently operating in shadow form, provides first assessment of skills needs

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


Politics, Skills reform

Shorter apprenticeships and level 7 restrictions confirmed by Starmer

PM also pledges to introduce ‘foundation’ apprenticeships

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Politics

Level 7 apprenticeships face the axe in levy reform, sources say

Government to set out plans for new growth and skills levy, including shorter apprenticeships and foundation apprenticeships

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
DfE

DfE has made the FE pay case ‘strongly’ to Treasury, says skills minister

Jacqui Smith tells Labour Party conference delegates to ‘wait and see’ what the budget holds

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel and Billy Camden
News

Apprenticeship provider goes bust after surviving grade 4 Ofsted

A specialist engineering apprenticeship training provider has gone bust, leaving behind debts of more than £350,000 to several colleges….

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Long read

Why learning from neighbours could guide our apprenticeship reforms

Reforms are coming to the apprenticeship system in England and the Labour government has been showered with suggestions about…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Skills reform

Revive Sector Skills Councils alongside Skills England, says C&G

Skills England is ‘not a new idea’ for English skills development, report finds

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor

Must read

16-19

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

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
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill