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 Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DfE puts 40 staff on Advanced British Standard ‘vanity project’ ‘To say this is the wrong priority is an understatement, and smacks of rearranging the deckchairs while the Titanic… Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges Procurement paused on college antisemitism training Procurement of £7 million to tackle antisemitism in education now has “arbitrary” closing date of 2030 Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Exclusive West of England’s LEP funding withheld amid political infighting WECA is the only mayoral combined authority that has not integrated its local enterprise partnership Josh Mellor 2y Josh Mellor 2y News Exclusive Grady accepts bumper UCU pay hike to pay libel fees General secretary uses annual fighting fund donation to pay damages Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Newer 1 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 841 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3mo 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
