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 1 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 1d Josh Mellor 1d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
