News, Webinar Unwrapping the White Paper – Live Stream Join FE Week live for Unwrapping the White Paper – a sector briefing with the Minister for Skills exploring… FE Week Reporter 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo Adult education Exclusive Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Colleges DfE names FE teacher training taskforce members Wigan and Leigh College principal Anna Dawe will chair the group Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo SEND NAO: SEND transport cuts could increase NEETs Critical new report sparks fresh calls for extended transport entitlements for post-16 SEND learners Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Ofqual Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking awarding bodies The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more ‘agile’ approach Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Apprenticeships First reformed apprenticeship plans released amid pilot delays New plans ‘clearly challenged’ Skills England, says awarding boss FE Week Reporter 1mo FE Week Reporter 1mo Training Providers AQA buys Realise Training in latest vocational expansion Exam body snaps up large apprenticeship and training provider from private equity sellers Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted ‘One bad employer’ blamed for provider’s ‘inadequate’ Ofsted result Inspectors found few apprentices released from work for off-the-job training Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo skills Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’ Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Ofsted ASCL and NEU to support NAHT in legal action against Ofsted A judicial review claim was filed in May, warning the new inspection framework will ‘only increase high-stakes accountability and… Ruth Lucas 1mo Ruth Lucas 1mo Apprenticeships Unqualified apprentices could pass under assessment reforms, employers warn Skills England pauses pilot of changes after construction leaders claim ‘sampling’ plans will lead to a ‘race to the… Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden 1mo Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 837 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 1mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
