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
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