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 Long read, T Levels Investigation Red tape and cost pressures leave firms struggling to offer T Level work placements Work placements are the most critical element of a T Level qualification, but employers are put off from offering… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Adult education, Higher education, Lifelong Learning, Skills reform Lifelong loan entitlement: Maintenance loans in and ELQ rule out Students studying higher level courses under the lifelong loan scheme will have access to maintenance loans following years of… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 812 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
