News, Opinion

2022 review: The stories that made the headlines this year

Exams blunders, ministerial roundabouts and financial fiascos: editor Shane Chowen rounds up 2022 and looks ahead at what's to...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education, Devolution

AEB funding rates to increase in West Midlands

Adult education budget funding will increase by 10 per cent in the West Midlands to help providers with rising...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New ‘simpler’ skills funding model delayed

Changes to skills funding for adults and a new set of community learning objectives have been put back to...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Opinion

The fight for fair funding will need to step up a gear in 2023

David Hughes calls time on 'warm words' on FE funding

Shane Chowen
David Hughes
Opinion

Here’s how a Baccalaureate could help close the growing 16-19 disadvantage gap

Poorer 16-19 year olds are falling further behind, writes Sam Tuckett, so here's what it'll take for a new...

Shane Chowen
Sam Tuckett
Awarding

AQA takes over vocational awarding body TQUK

Acquiring Training Qualifications UK will be a boost to AQA in the vocational awarding and apprenticeship end point...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Traineeships

Ending traineeships makes room for something better

A simpler and more responsive landscape of programmes for young people can only be a good thing, writes Stephen...

Shane Chowen
Stephen Evans
Traineeships

Ending traineeships could be devastating for young learners

Ending traineeships could be devastating, especially for entry level learners and specialist training providers, writes Jane Hickie

Shane Chowen
Jane Hickie
Ofsted

Ofsted annual report: Staff shortages hampering quality

Here's what we learned from the latest Ofsted annual report, covering the first year of inspections since the pandemic

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen