Halfon pleads with colleges to convince more students to take T Levels Skills minister urges leaders to persuade more year 11s onto the courses as plans for a replacement qualification build
Labour’s levy plan would limit apprenticeships to 140,000 a year, government claims Proposal would cost an additional £1.5bn, new estimations suggest
College’s traineeship learners worked illegal hours, DfE audit finds ‘Substantial’ clawback on the cards after security and rail trainee debacle revealed
Ex-college principal banned from education Former Hadlow boss to be fined £250k if he breaches agreement with liquidators, while deputy secures ‘confidential’ deal
SEND apprenticeship pilot proving a hit Relaxing of functional skills rules removes barriers for people with learning difficulties
Lauener steps down as NCG chair early for ‘personal reasons’ Ex-ESFA chief will stay on as chair of Student Loans Company and CITB
Fraud and error ‘getting worse’ in FE Majority of £50m funding clawed back last year was from independent training providers
Starts stopped on 18 apprenticeships with no assessment organisation But 60 other standards in the same boat can continue to start apprentices
Functional skills funding uplift brought forward to January 2024 54% increase fast tracked because it is ‘so important’, top apprenticeships civil servant says