Adult education Exclusive Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest Josh Mellor 5h Josh Mellor 5h Colleges DfE names FE teacher training taskforce members Wigan and Leigh College principal Anna Dawe will chair the group Billy Camden 3d Billy Camden 3d SEND NAO: SEND transport cuts could increase NEETs Critical new report sparks fresh calls for extended transport entitlements for post-16 SEND learners Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d Ofqual Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking awarding bodies The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more ‘agile’ approach Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Apprenticeships First reformed apprenticeship plans released amid pilot delays New plans ‘clearly challenged’ Skills England, says awarding boss FE Week Reporter 4d FE Week Reporter 4d Training Providers AQA buys Realise Training in latest vocational expansion Exam body snaps up large apprenticeship and training provider from private equity sellers Anviksha Patel 6d Anviksha Patel 6d News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 6d Shane Chowen 6d Apprenticeships, Ofsted ‘One bad employer’ blamed for provider’s ‘inadequate’ Ofsted result Inspectors found few apprentices released from work for off-the-job training Anviksha Patel 7d Anviksha Patel 7d skills Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’ Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years Josh Mellor 1w Josh Mellor 1w Ofsted ASCL and NEU to support NAHT in legal action against Ofsted A judicial review claim was filed in May, warning the new inspection framework will ‘only increase high-stakes accountability and… Ruth Lucas 1w Ruth Lucas 1w Apprenticeships Unqualified apprentices could pass under assessment reforms, employers warn Skills England pauses pilot of changes after construction leaders claim ‘sampling’ plans will lead to a ‘race to the… Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Ofsted Nudge unit calls for ‘eye-catching’ national Ofsted inspection survey Behavioural Insights Team also urges watchdog to ’emphasise’ how to reduce the formality of conversations in inspector training Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2w 1 2 3 4 5 6 831 Older Must read News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 6d Shane Chowen 6d Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo
