Skills reform Do we need LEPs after all? Local enterprise partnerships explain what may be lost on the local skills front if LEPs are defunded Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted, UTCs Ofsted reports discomfort at ‘blurred boundaries’ between UTC learners and staff Inspectors drop ‘outstanding’ UTC Reading to ‘inadequate’ in new report Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y News Exclusive Ministers lift ban on skills bootcamps for Restart participants DfE and DWP confirm Restart participants can do skills bootcamps from April Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Skills reform Students ‘disempowered’ as ministers dig in over BTEC defunding Letter from skills minister to college chiefs confirms no delay of defunding timeline Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Apprenticeships, Skills reform DfE scraps apprentice cap for small businesses Skills Minister Robert Halfon says small businesses can recruit as many apprentices as they need from April Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted Nottingham provider ‘taken by surprise’ over Ofsted ‘inadequate’ report Provider says Ofsted’s report ‘doesn’t reflect feedback’ on site Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship achievements drop leaves most providers in scope for intervention Over half of training providers “need improvement” or “at risk” as overall achievement rates fall Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, Industrial action Low pay and high turnover of college teachers uncovered New findings from the Institute for Fiscal Studies lifts the lid on just how bad teacher pay and turnover… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Ofsted Catholic sixth form college retains ‘outstanding’ after 14-year Ofsted respite ‘The outcome is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our wonderful staff, students and wider community’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Mental Health College student suicide risk on the rise, ‘stark’ report reveals AoC mental health survey finds 95 per cent of colleges reporting increase in mental health disclosures Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Colleges Unions submit 15% college pay demand to AoC Negotiations to begin on April 19 over unions’ 15 per cent pay request Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y AI ChatGPT: Consider reviewing homework polices, DfE tells colleges The government has set out its stance on the use of generative AI in education Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 807 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
