Colleges, Pay Investigation Colleges with the biggest pay gap between principals and staff revealed Colleges defend ‘high’ gap between FE principal and staff salaries. Unions say it cannot continue Anviksha Patel 2y Anviksha Patel 2y Apprenticeships, Ofsted, Training Providers Justice: Provider overturns published grade 4 Ofsted report after ‘arduous’ battle Extraordinary saga ends in grade 2 for apprenticeship firm Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Adult education, Training Providers Fast-growing adult education provider suddenly closes Clawback for ‘associate agreements’ and failed legal challenge for AEB bid contribute to collapse Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Training Providers Director ban for bogus apprenticeships firm chief A seven year director disqualification has been served on the boss of apprenticeships provider London College of Global Education… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships Logistics assessment body acquired by VTCT VTCT has bolstered its EPA operation by acquiring Skills for Logistics Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Join the educational extravaganza: Festival of Education returns The final countdown has commenced for the 13th Festival of Education, with keynotes from Eddie Izzard, Amanda Spielman, Paul… Shane Mann 2y Festival of Education 2y Apprenticeships, Assessment Apprentices to take ‘integrated’ EPA and mandatory qual assessment New guidance on mandatory qualifications could see fewer apprentices drop out early Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Colleges Revealed: 42 colleges and schools share £140m capacity cash ahead of demographic spike Additional 260,000 students aged 16 to 19 expected to participate in education in the coming years Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Skills reform Funding rate boost for next round of higher technical skills injection fund Up to £48.8m is on offer over the next two years Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Higher education UCAS chief executive Marches on Clare Marchant will leave the organisation to lead the University of Gloucestershire Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y SEND Revealed: The 21 experts to oversee roll-out of SEND reforms Board members tasked with holding government to account for ‘timely development and improvement’ of SEND system Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Ofsted Training firm rated ‘inadequate’ kept contract despite sexual harassment reports The provider has now “established a culture of safeguarding”, Ofsted said. Joshua Stein 2y Joshua Stein 2y Newer 1 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 829 Older Must read Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo