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 Apprenticeships, Ofsted, Training Providers Justice: Provider overturns published grade 4 Ofsted report after ‘arduous’ battle Extraordinary saga ends in grade 2 for apprenticeship firm Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y AEB, Training Providers Fast-growing adult education provider suddenly closes Clawback for ‘associate agreements’ and failed legal challenge for AEB bid contribute to collapse Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Training Providers Director ban for bogus apprenticeships firm chief A seven year director disqualification has been served on the boss of apprenticeships provider London College of Global Education… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
