Colleges Exclusive Colleges lambast ‘disastrous’ changes to financial year Finance leads hit out at plans to bring college financial year in line with the rest of the public… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Exclusive Degree-level apprenticeship spending hit half a billion last year Costly courses swallowed a fifth of DfE’s budget in 21/22 Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y DfE Exclusive DfE’s £32m higher technical skills injection fund shrinks by a third Department confirms £11m will remain in its central fund Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Higher education, Lifelong Learning, Skills reform Ministers clear lifelong learning loan laws in the Commons Opposition MPs were unsuccessful in pushing for more oversight of lifelong learning loan regulations Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News Six ‘gold-standard’ green apprenticeships hand-picked to mark Coronation One is yet to be approved for delivery FE Week Reporter 2y FE Week Reporter 2y Colleges, Industrial action Struggling college to suffer 14 days of strikes after refusing ‘financially unviable’ pay demand UCU members will walk out over six weeks during exam season over £1,160 pay offer Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofsted HR firm judged ‘inadequate’ over unsafe recruitment practices Absolute Works has challenged its ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y UTCs DfE signs off on £1m UTC contract after termination notice Expansion plans to continue at University Collegiate School despite warning notice Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y News Duplication error sees large apprenticeship firm missing from QARs Several other big providers included in official performance tables experienced similar problems Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Emergency funding review set to pass planned end date – again Latest ‘shocking’ delay blamed on ‘excessive bureaucracy and indecision’ Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges, International Another Saudi college venture ends But questions hang over whether millions in tax will need to be repaid Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Skills reform Keep BTECs until T Levels have stood the test of time, MPs demand Education committee says current withdrawal of applied generals will constrict student choice Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Newer 1 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 816 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Alun Francis, chair of the Social Mobility Commission Deprived areas need vision – not victimhood – to level up, and Social Mobility Commission chair Alun Francis is… Jessica Hill 4w Jessica Hill 4w Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
