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
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

RoATP to end as APAR is born

Register of apprenticeship training providers and end-point assessment organisations to merge

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
WorldSkills

Greater Manchester to host WorldSkills UK finals this autumn

In total, 53 finals will be held across the area in November

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Skills reform

DfE launches £165m local skills improvement fund

Pot available for initiatives that ‘respond to specific priorities’ identified in LSIPs

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

AELP chief Jane Hickie suspended

Chair and vice chair of the provider body to support senior management team for an interim period

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Hawk swoops another ‘outstanding’ after 10-year inspection gap

‘This is a testament to the dedication of our team against a backdrop of a really challenging time for…

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel


EDI, Long read, Politics

Is FE really meeting its goals when it comes to diversity?

In the wake of the shocking murder of George Floyd by a police officer on the streets of Minneapolis…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships

Join apprenticeships minister role between DfE and Treasury, says think tank

Report also calls for SMEs to be funded for off-the-job training hours for apprentices under 25

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Sponsored post

AI-powered CareersPro platform launched to support careers guidance

Complementing the growth of Learning Curve Group’s existing Ed-Tech solutions, CareersPro is designed to provide individuals, young or old,…

Learning Curve Group
Learning Curve Group
AEB, Ofsted

London providers allowed to keep AEB contracts after Ofsted ‘inadequate’

Greater London Authority confirms two AEB providers will see out their contract to the end of July

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Ofsted

London college controversially hit with Ofsted ‘inadequate’ over ‘inappropriate behaviour’

Ofsted inspectors report ‘homophobic language’ and uncomfortable learners at Croydon College

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
News

Qube unable to pay £3m to creditors after collapse

The large training provider suddenly closed at the end of March

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel