Adult education, Funding Dismay as AEB funding boost excludes key skills shortages – and women The Department for Education has defended its decision to exclude key skills shortage areas from in-year AEB funding increases Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y T Levels Exclusive Blame game over T Level delay ‘Frustrated’ college chiefs hit out at last-minute announcement Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Skills bootcamps Exclusive Skills bootcamps struggle to attract learners as devolved areas lower sights Combined authorities report competition with national procurement on wave three skills bootcamps Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted Watchdog cites loud music and vaping as Surrey college downgraded East Surrey College handed ‘requires improvement’ rating over apprenticeships and behaviour and attitudes Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Colleges College finally signs subcontracting scandal repayment plan But leaders are keeping the details under wraps Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y T Levels ‘Lower than expected’: T Levels attract 10,200 new students in 2022 New DfE data indicates 10,000 starts in 2022 but AoC says some colleges have struggled to attract learners Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y BTECs Keegan resists calls to rethink BTEC defunding plan Leaders warn it ‘makes absolutely no sense’ to press on with axing existing level 3s. Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Apprenticeships, Spring budget Ex-DfE ministers call for ‘apprenticeship levy 2.0’ Familiar faces Greening and Milton, who were education ministers when the apprenticeship levy launched in 2017, have joined calls… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Exclusive Keegan delays launch of new 2023 T Levels Quality concerns have been found in 4 of the courses due to be rolled out from September Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Apprenticeships, Degree apprenticeships Only current degree apprenticeship providers will get slice of £8m expansion fund Allocations for 102 unis and colleges have been revealed today Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Teacher training DfE hikes FE teacher training bursaries But stricter eligibility criteria is now in place and caps have been introduced Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Department for Education Revealed: 63 providers win slice of £32m higher technical skills injection fund Cash to be used on equipment, resources and upskilling in delivering higher technical qualifications Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Newer 1 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 807 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
