Apprenticeships

EPA on trial: DfE to test alternative apprenticeship assessments

Several options are on the table to speed up apprenticeship assessments...but at what cost?

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
T Levels

First T Level students: Where are they now?

Controversial industry placements were the most popular element of T Levels for the first cohort that completed them

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges

Weston College finally appoints permanent principal

Bedford College Group deputy CEO Pat Jones will lead Weston College from July

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
T Levels

DfE launch T Level reviews amid ‘worrying’ drop-out rates

New figures confirm a third of 2021 T Level entrants dropped the course

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

North Yorkshire college downgraded following leadership ‘turbulence’

Craven College was led amost entirely by a team of interim senior managers

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education, Higher education

Delayed: Lifelong learning entitlement pushed back to 2026

LLE introduction pushed back to test new systems for smaller cohort of learners

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Students

New FE VP to ‘rebuild trust’ in NUS

Students have elected Qasim Hussain as the next NUS vice president (further education)

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships

‘Stronger’ apprenticeship accountability measures revealed

Thresholds on apprentice withdrawals and breaks in learning have been reduced

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, SEND

Complete the picture: Remove the eight-week time limit on apprenticeship English and maths flexibilities

Barriers for apprentices with learning difficulties are slowly coming down, but the government has missed a trick in its...

Shane Chowen
Paul Warner