Adult FE Is Down 8.8%. The System Is Still Arguing About Targets.
Adult education and training participation in England is down 8.8% this year. That is the blunt figure in the latest DfE release: 948,340 adult learners between August and April, compared with just over one million at the same point last year. Total adult FE and skills participation, including apprenticeships, is also down by 3.3%. [GOV.UK] The drop isn't spread evenly Level 2 participation fell by 7.9%, while level 4 rose by 10.9%. Adult essential skills participation drop
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College HE Just Got a Lighter OfS Rulebook
Nine Office for Students registration conditions no longer apply to most registered FE colleges without degree-awarding powers. Those are five initial conditions and four ongoing conditions removed where the Department for Education already covers the same ground [OfS]. It sounds technical. For the college HE team keeping two regulators satisfied, it is the sort of quiet change that may give some time back. Less duplication, with one important catch The OfS change took eff
Jul 103 min read
The Youth Guarantee Starts With Finding the Missing Learners
NEET tracking, post-16 pay funding, V Level assessment, T Level progression and adult skills devolution all point to the same delivery test for colleges.
Jul 33 min read
Parent Data Requests Are Getting Messier. Colleges Need Clear Lines.
Parent-led learner data requests are a growing governance risk for colleges, especially where support, consent and safeguarding overlap.
Jun 263 min read
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