WorldSkills EuroSkills 2023: Restaurant services with a smile Competitors tasked with fine dining and bistro services after gruelling training programme Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Colleges, RAAC Exclusive RAAC surveys delayed due to lack of specialists But no colleges have had to delay the start of term because of crumbling RAAC concrete Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Colleges All quiet on the Weston front: Hunt for permanent principal drags on Questions remain over Sir Paul Phillips’ president position after stepping down as principal Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y AEB DfE hands out extra AEB contract National tender confusion and controversy mounts Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y WorldSkills EuroSkills 2023: Team UK competitors productive and positive after day 1 Gordon Ramsay restaurant chef among the UK’s young stars getting off to a good start Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News RAAC: 1 college named as DfE finally publishes list of affected schools But all students at the college remain in face-to-face education Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y WorldSkills EuroSkills 2023: WorldSkills UK alumni leads opening ceremony rousing speeches Dan McCabe won gold in 3D Digital Game Art at EuroSkills 2016 Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Politics Keir Starmer appoints new shadow skills minister Toby Perkins has been replaced by Seema Malhotra as shadow skills minister Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Ofsted Sir Martyn Oliver sets out his priorities for the Ofsted top job The academy boss has pledged to run a ‘big listen’ with the sector and is eyeing allowing HMIs to… Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y AEB National AEB contract allocations revealed 15 providers awarded max amounts – including 3 judged Ofsted ‘requires improvement’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, Strikes National college strike ballot opens Two in three staff warn they will quit without big pay rise Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, RAAC RAAC: No colleges forced to delay start of term, says AoC Confirmed cases of some colleges with dangerous concrete, but no ‘significant’ closures Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Newer 1 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo