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Mayors’ plan to simplify adult education funding

Some mayoral combined authorities are planning ‘single pot’ approaches to their adult education budgets and free courses for jobs funding streams.

News, AEB, Devolution

Students still don’t know what ‘green skills’ are

If the UK is going to attract investment in its green economy, we desperately need skilled young people to enter the sector, writes Neil Bentley-Gockmann Last year, ahead of world leaders meeting in Glasgow for COP26, I chaired sessions on green skills for the WorldSkills International Conference looking at how educators are playing their part […]

Opinion

The PM-hopefuls need a plan for missed traineeship targets

Instead of taking back unspent cash, the DfE and Treasury should look at reallocating this underspend as a new training allowance, writes Ian Ross It is hard to escape the media frenzy and coverage of the Conservative Party leadership contest.  Most of us have probably thought about what the next Tory government will have in […]

Opinion

DfE’s latest consultation puts adult community education at risk

The suggested new outcomes are limited and do not relate to the wider benefits of adult learning, writes Sue Pember Hidden in the recent technical consultation document on FE funding and accountability there are a few proposals which, if implemented, could fundamentally change the adult education offer for many millions of learners who have poor […]

Opinion, Adult education

Let’s get more FE learners into the research sector

Roles previously considered ‘for uni graduates’ should be inundated with applications from college-leavers. Why aren’t they? asks Victoria Boelman Covid has had an interesting impact on employment for FE leavers. Within a few months of the virus hitting the UK, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – fearing, and seeking to fend off, a […]

Opinion

Free courses for jobs: seven findings from early analysis of the scheme

An analysis of the first eight months of the free courses for jobs scheme has found three quarters of participants wouldn’t have done a course had it not been free.

News, Adult education

Calls renewed for apprenticeship incentive payments as data shows ‘rebalance’ towards young people

Three quarters of the 195,000 apprentices under the government’s incentive scheme were aged 16-24.

News, Apprenticeships

Next step in adult education funding overhaul

Over a year after plans were first proposed, DfE has released more detail on reforming adult education funding and accountability.

News, Funding, Skills reform

Ofsted denounces continued use of online teaching in latest education recovery research

Ofsted’s latest education recovery report highlights concerns around off-the-job training, remote teaching and exams anxiety.

News, Ofsted