Colleges

WCG exits intervention

The college has agreed loans and campus sales to rebalance the books

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Josh Mellor
Adult education

Workplace training dominated by ‘tick box’ courses

Future growth could be stymied if employers fail to invest in transferrable skills, Learning and Work Institute warns

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Josh Mellor
Young people

‘Small’ pool of awarding bodies eligible for first V Levels – Ofqual

Exams regulator launches quick turnaround consultation for developing new qualifications

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Free meals funding frozen in FE while schools rate rises

College leaders bite back at ‘insulting’ DfE decision

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Josh Mellor
Young people

Revealed: The first three V Level subject areas

Teaching of the new vocational courses will begin next year in digital, education and finance

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Children’s commissioner: Colleges forced to ‘mop up’ system failures

Rachel de Souza says young people in post-16 education often 'neglected' due to a narrow focus on schools in...

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Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Building and engineering boards in merger consultation

Details of the proposal are due to be published next month

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Josh Mellor
Young people

Reeves hints at more NEET reforms in spring statement

Estimates of young people out of work and training grew by 11,000 to 957,000 in the last three months...

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Josh Mellor
Higher education

Second LLE short course trial falls short on recruitment

Providers faced challenges convincing students or employers to sign up ahead of the lifelong learning entitlement’s launch

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Josh Mellor