Awarding Breaking Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 38mins Josh Mellor 38mins Young people Investigation Missing teenagers suggests a worthless guarantee Councils are struggling to keep track of thousands of young people who should be entering post-16 education each year Josh Mellor 12h Josh Mellor 12h Apprenticeships Probe finds £190k in overclaims at collapsed apprenticeship provider The company folded last year after the DfE terminated its apprenticeship contract Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d Higher education Civil servant duo to lead Office for Students Ruth Hannant and Polly Payne hired as job sharing chief executives Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d Young people Exclusive DfE considers new approach to careers funding Government begins market engagement over ‘future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education’ Esmé Kenney 1d Esmé Kenney 1d Skills reform DfE gives 3-year commitment to looked-after children Pupil premium plus post-16 to receive £41.5 million over three years Anviksha Patel 1d Anviksha Patel 1d Colleges Richmond residential college in cash crisis Adult residential college strained from large clawbacks, funding cuts and unsold property Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d Colleges Newbury’s PFI quadrupled build cost of campus The West Berkshire college’s private finance contract will end next year Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Apprenticeships Apprenticeships for under-19s still sinking Foundation apprenticeships grew slightly but overall youth apprenticeships fall Shane Chowen 5d Shane Chowen 5d Colleges ESOL results crash at under-fire Sheffield College Achievement rates for level 1 regulated provision tanked by over 50 percentage points in a year Anviksha Patel 5d Anviksha Patel 5d Apprenticeships Level 7 apprenticeships spiked 345% in final two months Fresh figures show over 1 in 10 new apprenticeships were level 7 in the first half of this year Shane Chowen 5d Shane Chowen 5d Apprenticeships Apprenticeship achievement rate falls just short of 67% target Work and pensions secretary praises ‘good result’ as 2024-25 rate hits 65.4%, but urges sector to exceed 70% ‘in… Billy Camden 5d Billy Camden 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 853 Older Must read Awarding Breaking Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 38mins Josh Mellor 38mins 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
