Apprenticeships First winners of OfS degree apprenticeships cash revealed Ten colleges among 51 winners of initial batch of £40 million fund to expand and diversify degree apprenticeships Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ college for vulnerable adults returns to ‘good’ Ofsted rating Ruskin College celebrates rapid turnaround Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, Skills reform DfE to pilot funding simplifications for colleges Several funding rules and ringfences to be removed as officials bid to reduce complexity Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges DfE agrees to publish ‘urgent’ sustainability plan All settings to have a climate action plan ‘in place by 2025’, DfE assures MPs Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships Ban for ‘rogue’ apprenticeship boss who owes ESFA £2.5m Investigators couldn’t verify payments from Vista Training Solutions were ‘legitimate expenses’ due to missing accounts Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Politics Exclusive Rigid rules led to £28m tuition fund clawback in first 2 years ‘Most colleges could have spent their allocations several times over if they had been able to target all students… Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges Exclusive College’s future secured as £45m redevelopment gets green light Councillors greenlight refurbishment following arguments that it was ‘blackmailed’ to approve Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships Exclusive Scandalous apprenticeship provider owner hit with 6-year director’s ban Matrimonial property also sold for £2.2m as liquidators seek to repay colleges Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges Well-known college principal suddenly steps down East Coast College said Stuart Rimmer left at the end of December, but would not say why Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Exclusive Councils to charge families for post-16 SEND transport to plug black holes ‘Unfair’ plans slammed as cash-strapped LAs look to balance books Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y News Exclusive Ofsted promises to start recording inspection pauses in new era Pledge comes after watchdog admits it holds no ‘central record of the number of inspections that have been paused’ Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Apprenticeship provider boss embroiled in Post Office scandal Lifetime Training board backs David Smith as he inputs to public inquiry Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 848 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Next 3 stories News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4mo News Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 5mo Shane Chowen 5mo
