Skills reform

ESFA to seek bids for national strategic development fund rollout

Other providers can be part of local projects, but bids can only be led by colleges

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

The lifelong loan entitlement doesn’t fit around the situations of learners

Minimum eligibility requirements are being applied in a generic way, writes Marius S. Ostrowski A flagship item in the...

Jess Staufenberg
Marius S. Ostrowski
Qualifications, Skills reform

DfE reveals plan to scrap thousands of level 2 and below qualifications

Courses that are 'too narrowly focused' such as plumbing or bricklaying face the chop

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

One bill was never going to solve our skills challenge

A long-term cultural shift is needed – so after the bill, we need a ten-year plan, writes Stephen Evans...

Jess Staufenberg
Stephen Evans
Skills reform

Rationing access to student loans will hit FE colleges harder than universities

Students without minimum grades also have a limited choice of other routes, write Andy Westwood and Ben Verinder Yesterday...

Jess Staufenberg
Andy Westwood and Ben Verinder
Skills reform

Zahawi makes plea to peers to leave the skills bill alone

A process informally known as 'ping pong' is set to take place

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

The skills bill could have been so much better

Both Labour and Conservative voices have been ignored by the government, writes Toby Perkins After the government blocked no...

Jess Staufenberg
Toby Perkins
Skills reform

MP support for skills bill amendments is encouraging

Not accepting two amendments is a missed opportunity by the government, but there is cause for hope, writes Peter...

Jess Staufenberg
Peter Aldous
Skills reform, T Levels

Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull

Regulators have unveiled plans for more “rigorous” controls over the BTECs and other post-16 qualifications which survive a planned...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter