Skills reform

Ofqual voices concern over DfE reforms to level 2 and below qualifications

Plans risk adding confusion to landscape and 'overhwhelming' educators

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

The skills bill’s ambition cannot become reality without colleges

Royal assent for the bill moves the country closer to an employer-led skills system, but it can’t happen without...

Jess Staufenberg
Alex Burghart
Skills reform

Delivery challenges ahead as skills bill finally gains royal assent

New laws will bring in an official list of post-16 skills providers and rules for increased apprenticeships guidance in...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

Scrapping smaller level 2 qualifications would be a national disaster

Many of the small qualifications the government wants to scrap are the best stepping stones for vulnerable individuals, warns...

Jess Staufenberg
Adrian Grove
Skills reform

Local skills improvement plans: What the trailblazer reports look like

Spanning over 500 pages in total, the “trailblazer” local skills improvement plans – a key plank of the government’s...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

First local skills improvement plans published

The plans are a key FE reform as outlined in the skills for jobs white paper

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

‘Unit for future skills’ to launch this month

Course information for employers and learners through a new 'unit for future skills' will start being published this month,...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

The skills bill endgame ushers in a new age of paternalism

The skills bill brings to a head over four decades of state-ist beliefs, writes Tom Bewick The skills bill...

Jess Staufenberg
Tom Bewick
Skills reform

Skills Bill: Government ‘compromises’ on careers but no delay to BTEC defunding

A concession on rules for careers guidance in schools but government rejects delayed BTEC defunding in skills bill final...

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen