Ofqual, T Levels Ofqual deletes key T Level results dates Timeline of key dates for T Levels removed from Ofqual VTQ information hub Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Training Providers HIT Training becomes employee-owned after share transfer A new trust has been set up which now holds a majority share of the company on behalf of… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Join us at the Skills and Education Group Conference 2023 – a highlight of the further education and skills calendar After a successful 110-year anniversary event last year, the Skills and Education Group Conference takes place again on 23… Skills and Education Group 2y Skills and Education Group 2y Colleges Exclusive Colleges lambast ‘disastrous’ changes to financial year Finance leads hit out at plans to bring college financial year in line with the rest of the public… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Exclusive Degree-level apprenticeship spending hit half a billion last year Costly courses swallowed a fifth of DfE’s budget in 21/22 Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y DfE Exclusive DfE’s £32m higher technical skills injection fund shrinks by a third Department confirms £11m will remain in its central fund Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Higher education, Lifelong Learning, Skills reform Ministers clear lifelong learning loan laws in the Commons Opposition MPs were unsuccessful in pushing for more oversight of lifelong learning loan regulations Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Six ‘gold-standard’ green apprenticeships hand-picked to mark Coronation One is yet to be approved for delivery FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Colleges, Industrial action Struggling college to suffer 14 days of strikes after refusing ‘financially unviable’ pay demand UCU members will walk out over six weeks during exam season over £1,160 pay offer Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted HR firm judged ‘inadequate’ over unsafe recruitment practices Absolute Works has challenged its ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y UTCs DfE signs off on £1m UTC contract after termination notice Expansion plans to continue at University Collegiate School despite warning notice Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y News Duplication error sees large apprenticeship firm missing from QARs Several other big providers included in official performance tables experienced similar problems Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 803 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 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
