Skills reform

Investing in elite post-16 education is a wasted opportunity

What about all the students who are already being left behind by the academic school system, asks Colin Booth

JL Dutaut
Colin Booth
Skills reform

Government confirms end to LEP funding

The government had touted the change in this year's Spring Budget

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Skills reform

Let’s stop talking about soft skills – They are power skills

Often derided as superfluous, these skills are rapidly gaining importance in the world of recruitment, explains Rebecca Roycroft

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Roycroft
Ofsted, Skills reform, Young people

Students ‘misled’ and teachers struggling: Ofsted’s verdict on T Levels

Watchdog calls for rethink of controversial plans to axe BTECs amid 'teething issues' with replacements

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Five things we learned from IfATE’s 2023 annual report

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has published its annual accounts for 2022/23. This is the fifth annual...

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, Skills reform

Government scraps plans to limit ‘employment only’ adult education outcomes

DfE will rename non-qual courses and reinstate health and community outcomes

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Skills reform

AoC calls on next government to create ‘one tertiary system’

Association also wants apprenticeships for new job starters only and a pause to level 3 reforms

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics, Skills reform

Sir Michael Barber reappointed as government skills adviser

Public administration supremo to stay in role for another 6 months

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform

Always check the engine before you blame the passengers 

The core message contained in a new IfATE report is as predictable as it is tiresome, says Tom Bewick

Shane Chowen
Tom Bewick