Construction, skills

Chancellor to pour £600m into construction training

Plans include technical excellence colleges, cash incentives for foundation apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and more

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Long read

A new hope for UTCs

Despite being written off as a failure by Michael Gove, Baker Dearing CEO Kate Ambrosi believes university technical colleges...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Adult education

DfE announce 6% cut to national adult skills budgets

Funding will prioritise ‘essential sectors’ when allocations are released next month

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Devolution, Employment, Kickstart

Mayors reboot Kickstart scheme for employment score

With nearly a million young people now classed as not in education, employment or training, mayors are revamping a...

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Ofsted

Ofsted open to ‘another consultation’ on inspection reforms if sector demands rethink

Watchdog’s national director also insists report card proposals do not ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Training Providers

SWAPs is for keeps despite questions over its success

The government will fund 100,00 starts on the training and work experience scheme next year

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships

New apprenticeships will boost flow of plumbers

We’ve consulted with industry to develop apprenticeships that will help solve plumbing skills crisis

Jessica Hill
Kevin Wellman
Skills reform

Small is beautiful for learners tackling microcredentials

As rising tuition costs and shifting workforce demands reshape education, microcredentials are emerging as a flexible alternative

Jessica Hill
Rob Telfer