Colleges Exclusive DfE ‘must increase support’ for AP school leavers entering FE Children’s commissioner also says disrupted alternative provision pupils should be able to repeat year 11 Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Apprenticeships Exclusive EPA on trial: DfE to test alternative apprenticeship assessments Several options are on the table to speed up apprenticeship assessments…but at what cost? Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Adult education, Ofsted Ofsted slates US firm with £5m DfE bootcamps contract Whistleblower flagged concerns last year but no action was taken Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Why we’re backing our UK skills champions (and why you should too) This August, teams from over 200 nations will gather to compete in the sticky heat of the Paris summer… Advertorial 2y Pearson 2y Ofsted Land-based college retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade Hartpury College celebrates another grade 1, six years after it last achieved the feat Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y WorldSkills 2024 Team UK for WorldSkills Lyon 2024 revealed Over 30 young skills champions will head to France to represent the UK this September Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Students NUS reaches settlement with sacked president Terms of the deal with Shaima Dallali will however be kept confidential Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships Shared apprenticeship scheme barely meets half its recruitment target Flexible construction apprenticeship starts tumble amid sector-wide recruitment issues Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges, Ofsted Waltham Forest named London’s only ‘outstanding’ general FE college Inspectors heaped praise on the college for helping students to “flourish” Josh Mellor 2y Josh Mellor 2y Colleges Wolverhampton college freed from intervention after 12 years The college’s financial health improved to ‘good’ after DfE agreed to take on part of a £10m debt Josh Mellor 2y Josh Mellor 2y Skills bootcamps Provider sues DfE after skills bootcamp contract termination The DfE accuses the provider of changing awarding body without prior agreement Josh Mellor 2y Josh Mellor 2y Adult education, Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DfE scales back ‘free courses for jobs’ offer Access will be restricted to adults earning below £25k in 2024/25 Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 839 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo 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
