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 come next year
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 costs, the combined authority has announced
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 give the sector more time to prepare
The fight for fair funding will need to step up a gear in 2023 David Hughes calls time on ‘warm words’ on FE funding
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 assessment market
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 Baccalaureate to work for them
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 Evans
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
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