News Principals call for 12-month delay to ‘reckless’ plan to defund most BTECs Heads warn education secretary the timeline is ‘not credible’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, sixth forms College leaders to fight ‘destabilising’ free school bids Five colleges unite to lobby west Yorkshire MPs over new proposed sixth forms and college applications Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y WorldSkills Registration opens for UK’s biggest national skills competition The hunt for the UK’s top technical skills talent has begun with registrations now open for the WorldSkills UK… Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Training Providers AELP board election results revealed Three high profile provider leaders were re-elected while AELP founding member John Hyde retires after over 20 years with… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y T Levels Exclusive T Level students were ‘let down’ last year – but lessons have been learnt NCFE boss talks health and science T Level problems and efforts to ensure they don’t happen again Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Politics No10 seeks senior delivery adviser for skills Number 10 is looking for a new senior delivery adviser to lead on skills and post-18 education. The role… Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Skills reform Exclusive Interview: Michael Barber on delivering skills reform Sir Michael Barber was announced as a government adviser on skills reform implementation by the chancellor in November, but… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges, ESFA Exclusive College group disputes £8m ESFA clawback demand Lawyers called in as agency attempts to reclaim funding for historic delivery across NCG Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Sponsored post Sponsored The Power of SQA Advanced Qualifications With entry to university being increasingly competitive and the financial crisis biting hard, SQA Advanced Qualifications could be the… SQA 2y SQA 2y Adult education, T Levels Exclusive Adult T Level pilot flounders as most colleges fail to recruit a learner Freedom of Information request reveals just 14 learners against a target 150 have signed up to date Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y News Exclusive The Marples lawsuit: How ‘malicious’ DfE ‘targeted successful entrepreneur’ A full account of 3aaa founder’s £37m+ legal claim Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y T Levels Providers shelve courses as students shun T Levels Research also warns transition programme will not provide a flow of learners Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Newer 1 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 803 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
