Skills reform Jobs plans put onus on employers to hire within UK ‘Expert’ civil servants will lead on workforce skill strategies in a bid to lower immigration levels Josh Mellor 6h Josh Mellor 6h T Levels A new Dawn for driving T Level take-up T Level ambassador regional chair aims to wield 1,000 volunteers to boost industry placements Anviksha Patel 7h Anviksha Patel 7h Apprenticeships Exclusive Civil service misses own apprenticeships goal New FOI data also shows government failed to hire enough apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds Anviksha Patel 8h Anviksha Patel 8h T Levels Exclusive Clawback reveals T Level underspend bigger than feared Overallocation errors and unmet student recruitment targets stung colleges to the tune of £86m Billy Camden 10h Billy Camden 10h Awarding Exclusive City & Guilds sold to ‘secure its future’ Commercial and charitable arms of 150-year-old technical education organisation to split in ‘landmark’ deal Shane Chowen 1d Shane Chowen 1d Colleges Governors Havant a clue about college’s finances going South FE Commissioner reveals financial crisis at Hampshire college came ‘out of the blue’ for board members Billy Camden 2d Billy Camden 2d Ofsted Ofsted reforms ‘the most sensible’ way forward, Oliver tells MPs Chief inspector also praises watchdog’s ‘more human’ complaints process but admits to ‘concern’ over union tension Billy Camden 3d Josh Mellor 3d Ofsted ASCL drops Ofsted inspector threat – but mulls legal action Union shelves plan to ask leaders to step down as inspectors – but says it has ‘resolved to explore… FE Week Reporter 3d FE Week Reporter 3d Prison education ‘Devastating’ prison education cuts will fuel reoffending, warns chief inspector Many prisoners return to causing ‘mayhem’ in their community after their release Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Colleges Exclusive Principals scratch their heads over new improvement teams FE leaders warn Labour’s regional improvement teams risk duplicating oversight already performed by the FE Commissioner Josh Mellor 1w Josh Mellor 1w Colleges Weston freed of ‘traumatic’ NTI – but finance probe continues College out of intervention after strengthening governance procedures Anviksha Patel 1w Anviksha Patel 1w Apprenticeships Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s special payments to providers after funding blunder Wheels in motion for convoy of claims after unprecedented payouts Billy Camden 1w Billy Camden 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo
