News Capita loses out on £233m Teachers’ Pension Scheme contract to Indian IT firm Outsourcing firm has run the pension scheme for 27 years, but also recently pulled out of teacher training contract Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Politics Exclusive College principal to succeed Birbalsingh as social mobility chair Alun Francis has been filling in as interim chair since ‘country’s strictest headteacher’ resigned in January FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Apprenticeships Exceptional funding review: Care apprenticeships boosted by a third Care apprenticeships will receive larger than expected funding increases Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Training Providers AELP chief Jane Hickie to stand down The training body boss will officially leave at the end of this week Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y covid Judge upholds 71-year-old teacher’s Covid complaints The teacher argued that she had been subjected to indirect age discrimination Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Training Providers ‘Inadequate’ provider stops trading with almost £1m in unpaid bills Adult care provider likely won’t be able to pay back any debts Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Ofsted slams apprenticeship provider for training ‘more akin to CPD’ Inspectors said apprentices already had experience of the sector so shouldn’t be eligible for apprenticeship funding Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y AEB, Training Providers Exclusive PeoplePlus walks away from AEB delivery Three years ago PeoplePlus held the largest national AEB contract among all independent training providers Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Colleges, Governance Exclusive Unpresidented: College in ‘crisis’ over best-paid CEO’s new role Governance concerns as accusations of nepotism also come to light Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships Exclusive Level 2 apprenticeship spending down by £200m since the levy Spending figures for all levels revealed for the first time Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Ofsted, Training Providers Exclusive Large provider’s contracts in doubt as ‘inadequate’ rating looms BCTG set to be downgraded from grade two to four Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News 89 winners scoop silver at 2023 Pearson National Teaching Awards ‘Incredible achievement’ of educators making ‘amazing contributions to our communities’ FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Newer 1 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 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
