Colleges, Industrial action Ballot set for country-wide college strikes Unless colleges come up with a ‘decent’ pay offer, ballots will begin in September Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges The 16 ‘old and tired’ college buildings getting a £600m revamp The estates have ‘some of the worst condition need in England’ Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y News AQA look at ‘Duolingo-style’ test for GCSE resitters It follows calls from union ASCL for a ‘passport’ in maths and English Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Colleges Tributes to ‘brilliant and generous’ former Nottingham college principal Dame Patricia Morgan-Webb was the first ever FE college principal to be awarded a damehood Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted Care apprenticeships could be in line for bigger funding boost, and more from SEG conference Ofsted also revealed it is reviewing the implementation of the education inspection framework Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships Construction training body takes wrecking ball to subcontracting CITB also drops from Ofsted ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’ Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y News New provider ‘power’ over EPAOs risks ‘race to the bottom’ Officials warned over ‘bombshell’ rule Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Scandal-hit Brooklands College’s accounts finally surface First time in four years financial statements have been released Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Politics, T Levels Another 92 courses face the chop to make way for T Levels Halfon reveals the latest round of qualifications facing the chop to make way for T Levels, including popular engineering… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Awarding, Colleges Six specialist colleges honoured at Natspec Innovation Awards 2023 Forest bathing and foodbank donations among the initiatives awarded Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships The Skills Network pulls out of apprenticeships ‘Real challenges’ with funding levels forces online provider to turn full focus to AEB and bootcamps Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships RoATP to end as APAR is born Register of apprenticeship training providers and end-point assessment organisations to merge Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 803 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
