Industrial action UCU members greenlight national strike ballot Motions on national action and deficit budgets passed overwhelmingly Anviksha Patel 10h Anviksha Patel 10h skills Days of DfE adult ed procurement could be over The department hasn’t ruled out taking an ‘alternative commissioning approach’ to the current contract Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Strikes, Teaching UCU Congress preview: Lecturers to vote on national strike ballot Tackling ‘excessive’ principal pay and abolishing Ofsted also due to be debated Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d Employment Youth NEET numbers remain ‘stubbornly high’ Behind the numbers are young people facing mental health issues and long term unemployment Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d DfE Acland-Hood: I was wrong about our FE probe policy The DfE still hasn’t released the findings of hundreds of investigations into FE providers Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Apprenticeships Foundation apprenticeships off to a shaky start New programmes ‘blur lines’ with level 2 apprenticeships and miss popular youth sectors Billy Camden 3d Billy Camden 3d Apprenticeships L2 admin assistant standard awaiting ed sec funding approval Its trailblazer group is hoping for approval by the new academic year Josh Mellor 3d Josh Mellor 3d Prison education Let more prisoners work or train, says sentencing review Ex justice secretary recommends using AI to help prisoners with probation and education advice Anviksha Patel 3d Anviksha Patel 3d News Phillipson adds £190m to 16-19 funding rise Funding rates for 16-19 education will rise even further in September, with extra funds earmarked for staff recruitment and… Shane Chowen 3d Shane Chowen 3d Ofsted ITP judged ‘inadequate’ after expanding provision despite ‘poor’ teaching Ofsted claims construction provider ‘too slow to act’ – but CEO ‘respectfully’ disagrees Anviksha Patel 4d Anviksha Patel 4d Colleges Liverpool college repays DfE after investigators find ‘inaccurate’ funding claims The college said the issues stem from the ‘complex’ apprenticeship system and remote working during the pandemic Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Adult education, Apprenticeships DfE toughens up on ITP contract sanctions New contracts expand termination danger from ‘inadequate’ to ‘requires improvement’ training providers Shane Chowen 4d Shane Chowen 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 808 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 7d Jessica Hill 7d Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 3w Billy Camden 3w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
