Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform

Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards

Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Young people

Employers offered £3,000 sweeteners to hire unemployed young people

SMEs will also be able to claim £2,000 for taking on 16-24 year old apprentices

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Young people

More detail to come on 16-19 funding, says Phillipson

Education secretary responds to outcry from college leaders after breaking white paper pledge of real-terms 16-19 funding increase

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Higher education, Young people

Old-school class snobbery will not solve the university funding crisis

Dismissing students with vocational entry qualifications as ‘not really capable of graduating’ is steeped in prejudice, not evidence, writes...

Shane Chowen
Hannah McCarthy
Inclusion, Politics

DfE ‘unconcerned’ by post-16 transport cliff-edge

Weak data on SEND transport leaves ministers unable to assess impacts on attendance and rising NEET numbers

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Awarding, Teaching, Young people

Student AI confessions prompted rethink, says Bauckham

Ofqual to assess awarding orgs' AI cheating policies while chief commits to 'no easy' V Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Awarding

Nostalgia is not a strategy to navigate assessment evolution

Mark Carney’s catchphrase applies as much to apprenticeships as Western powers in the Trump era – we must move...

Shane Chowen
Steve Smith
Inclusion

There is hope in SEND reform if we help steer what comes next

Imposing solutions designed for schools on colleges comes with risks, but there is time to get proposals right, says...

Shane Chowen
Clare Howard
Colleges, FE workforce

DfE to fund maternity pay improvements in colleges

Funding to match a pledge to double school staff maternity pay to come in 2027

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen