Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking awarding bodies The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more ‘agile’ approach
Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’ Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years
New-look Jobcentres to swallow up 1,000 careers advisers The move is part of an ‘overhaul’ of the Jobcentre offer
DfE to tackle ‘contested and outdated theories’ in FE teacher training Call for evidence launched to ‘establish a baseline of appropriate, evidence-based pedagogical content’
Jobs plans put onus on employers to hire within UK ‘Expert’ civil servants will lead on workforce skill strategies in a bid to lower immigration levels
‘Devastating’ prison education cuts will fuel reoffending, warns chief inspector Many prisoners return to causing ‘mayhem’ in their community after their release
Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner
Skills England urged to confront government on FE funding Joint AoC and UUK report also calls for ‘excessive’ competition to be challenged
ITPs face automatic ‘inadequate’ financial rating for late accounts DfE urged to take proportionate approach to financial health rating punishment