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 Inclusion WorldSkills UK reveals 2023 equity, diversity and inclusion heroes Winners included an apprentice who developed a financial literacy course for her community while also promoting apprenticeships in local… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges Colleges ask for extra £400m as ‘perfect financial storm’ hits AoC warns of large-scale redundancies, increased class sizes, and campus closures Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Colleges Half of colleges report increase in hungry students Survey finds student mental health, college funding, staff pay and energy bills are among top concerns Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Higher education, sexual misconduct OfS proposes register of ‘personal relationships’ between staff and students Non-disclosure agreements also face ban in cases of harassment and sexual misconduct Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Apprenticeships DfE ‘developing’ teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates Ministers also ‘reviewing’ their existing postgraduate route ‘with a view to making it more effective’ Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges, Industrial action, Pay Two days of strikes announced at Havant and South Downs College Staff from two unions will be on the picket line after ‘insulting’ pay offer Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Politics Former top DfE skills civil servant joins PwC Paul Kett joins accounting giant after serving 6 years in the civil service Tallulah Taylor 2y Tallulah Taylor 2y Teaching ‘Expert’ teacher sweeteners needed to tackle ‘growing’ FE recruitment crisis, report says Study calls on government to bolster incentives for employers to release staff to teach in FE too Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y News UTCs group seeks millions from DfE for ‘sleeves’ in schools Interested schools may also have to subsidise running costs of the mini-UTCs in future years Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Newer 1 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 807 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
