DfE DfE snatches £1.5m from popular FE leadership and governance scheme Government slimming down two-year leadership and governance training amid cuts Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships, Politics, Skills reform Exclusive IfATE plans staff cuts after DfE orders cost-saving measures Apprenticeships and technical education quango opens voluntary exit scheme to all staff Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Mayors’ use of AEB powers ‘disappointing’, says ex No 10 adviser Ex skills advisers Alison Wolf and Michael Barber will share their insider perspectives on how further education and skills… FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Apprenticeships Halfon threatens low achieving apprenticeship providers Minister warns of growth limitations and market exits for providers showing ‘insufficient improvement’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships, Higher education OfS awards further £14m for degree apprenticeships expansion Weston College wins £1.1 million in latest round of OfS degree apprenticeships funding Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y 16-19, Politics ‘Clunky’ Advanced British Standard risks ‘blunt choice’ for students, leaders warn Ministers accused of ‘putting the cart before the horse’ with 16-19 reform plans Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Ofsted Ofsted: ‘Constrained’ funding could ‘compromise’ inspection reliability Watchdog’s chair warns actions to absorb rising costs are a ‘short-term fix’ and will likely ‘store up cost pressures’ FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Colleges, Ofsted Second consecutive ‘outstanding’ for Catholic sixth form college St John Rigby RC Sixth Form College retains top marks 7 years after previous inspection Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships Sunak to scrap SME co-investment for young apprentices PM will also increase apprenticeship levy transfers up to 50% Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships Who cares? Funding boost won’t spark renaissance in care apprenticeships Nearly 200 training providers have stopped delivering care apprenticeships since 2019 Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y T Levels Exclusive DfE could step in if T Level fee hikes hit college budgets Awarding bodies can charge colleges higher fees if gen 2 T Levels under-recruit Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 832 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 18h Anviksha Patel 18h 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
