News ‘Astonishing’: Ofqual publishes VTQ entries for first time But the data is sparse compared to A-levels despite claims of ‘parity’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships Back in business: Employers renew case for level 2 business admin Employers threaten to launch petition if officials continue to reject apprenticeship proposal Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, Higher education College group becomes first FE institution with permanent degree powers The Office for Students deemed NCG worthy to award bachelors and masters degrees indefinitely this month Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y SEND Council rapped for failing to meet student’s SEND transport costs Expert warns ‘most local authorities are trying to cut costs’ through post-16 SEND transport Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y AEB, Colleges, Funding ESFA to run special AEB allocations review for colleges Reduced funding given to providers who underperformed the most during Covid Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y AI ChatGPT: Keegan launches call for evidence on AI in education Ministers also announced a new taskforce to look at what digital skills are needed for the future Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Long read, Qualifications, Skills reform Destination defund: the fight to save travel and tourism courses High-profile workforce shortages in the travel industry haven’t stopped the government’s plans to defund rafts of popular courses. Jessica… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Ofsted How Ofsted’s proposed new complaints process will work No more internal reviews, a direct line to a senior inspector and new complaint routes put forward Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges Reclassification among reasons for considerably delayed college accounts Annual financial statements should be published by January 31, but several are still yet to surface Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Politics Former skills minister Andrea Jenkyns to be made a dame Jenkyns was only skills minister for three months, but is to receive the gong in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, Industrial action Strikewatch: The colleges with staff on the picket line in 2023 Union members’ fight for fair pay continues FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Colleges, Pay Investigation Colleges with the biggest pay gap between principals and staff revealed Colleges defend ‘high’ gap between FE principal and staff salaries. Unions say it cannot continue Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Newer 1 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
