News Neet numbers at near-decade low as funding worries prompt RPA warning The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) in England is at its lowest quarterly… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Concerns emerge providers are claiming 24+ funding they’re not entitled to Concerns have emerged at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) that FE and skills providers may have been claiming funding… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Government U-turn over GCSE entry requirement for early years educator apprenticeship The government has backed down on its GCSE entry requirement plans for early years educator apprenticeships. It had been… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Details of long-awaited new Esol quals finalised Details of long-awaited new English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) qualifications due to run from next month have… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News New ad campaign tells youngsters to ‘get in’ to apprenticeships and ‘go far’ The government and top employers have today launched a ‘Get In, Go Far’ TV advertising campaign for apprenticeships as… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Selective free school head comes under fire from college principal for ‘complete untruth’ over A-level claims The principal of a London sixth form college has hit back at a nearby head teacher’s claim in the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Hunt restates technical institutes plan but questions remain that they would ‘address real issues affecting FE’ Labour’s tech bacc plans and proposals for Institutes of Technical Education were restated in a speech today by Shadow… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News FE Commissioner questions future of cash-strapped college that saw governor resignations over principal’s appointment The FE Commissioner has questioned the future of a cash-strapped Midland college that saw governors resign after a new principal… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News A-level results day 2014 Students across the country were this morning finding out how they performed in their A-levels and deciding their next… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Further education colleges outnumber universities in learners’ higher education top 20 Learners have put 12 FE colleges among the UK’s top 20 higher education providers in the 2014 National Student… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Apprenticeship starters should be no older than 23, says new IPPR report Apprentices should be no older than 23 at the time of starting their course, a new report from the… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y News Darlington College tops minister’s new ‘experimental success measure’ The government has today published for the first time employment and other 19+ learner outcomes for FE and skills… Nick Linford 11y Nick Linford 11y Newer 1 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 835 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 4w Shane Chowen 4w 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 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
