Skills reform

New ‘simpler’ skills funding model delayed

Changes to skills funding for adults and a new set of community learning objectives have been put back to...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Apprenticeships, Skills reform

IfATE unveils plans to integrate professional qualifications with EPAs

A 10-week consultation on proposals has been launched

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Skills reform

Level 3 reform: Ministers must step back from the precipice

Ministers are ignoring the risks inherent in their proposed level 3 reform and pressing on based on bad advice,...

JL Dutaut
James Kewin
Politics, Skills reform

Keegan boasts old FE funding boost in message to education sector

It comes a week after FE was ignored in the chancellor’s education cash splash

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Autumn statement: silence on skills funding ‘criminal’

Jeremy Hunt announced billions for schools but no extra funding for further education or skills in his autumn statement...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

Keegan: The 3 ‘gamechangers’ for FE

Education secretary says local skills improvement plans 'will work', lauds IoTs and pleads for more teachers

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills bootcamps, Skills reform

Ofsted to inspect skills bootcamps after sounding quality alarm

Inspections will begin from April 2023

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Politics, Skills reform

No plans for new ‘elite’ technical colleges, skills minister suggests

Robert Halfon says PM refers to existing Institutes of Technology in education plans

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Adult education, Skills reform

Rebranding the ‘lifelong loan entitlement’ would make the policy more appealing

Researchers find language of 'lifelong loan' unappealing to future adult learners

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor