Prison education

Prisons ‘lack resources’ for inmates to learn their way to liberty

Ministers are considering linking prison education to early release for the second time in a decade

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Josh Mellor
Colleges

Tributes to former East Durham College principal

Colleagues have praised her for championing further education

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Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, DfE, IfATE

More data needed to tackle apprenticeship dropout rates

Researchers found that nine out of ten non-completing nursing associate apprentices dropped out close to their end dates

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Josh Mellor
News

Curriculum review call for evidence: what FE needs to know

The government has this morning published a call for evidence for its wide-ranging curriculum and assessment review. We already...

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Josh Mellor
News

Apprenticeship provider goes bust after surviving grade 4 Ofsted

A specialist engineering apprenticeship training provider has gone bust, leaving behind debts of more than £350,000 to several colleges....

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Josh Mellor
Skills reform

Revive Sector Skills Councils alongside Skills England, says C&G

Skills England is 'not a new idea' for English skills development, report finds

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Josh Mellor
Assessment

AI can pass almost all level 3 assessments, study finds

OU recommends that institutions should focus on question design rather than detecting AI misuse

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Josh Mellor
skills

Stop construction skills training duplication, charity urges government

Increasing the supply of construction workers is critical to the government's 1.5 million new homes pledge

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Josh Mellor
News

‘Outrageous’ FE teacher pay gap causing huge vacancies in key priority skills

College teachers are earning around a quarter less than school teachers

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Josh Mellor