DfE Demand for industry training board merger rejected ‘No plans to legislate’ for a merger between CITB and ECITB, DfE says after independent review Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeships: Level 2 starts lowest in four years Growth in higher level apprenticeships mask falls in level 2 and under 19s Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Higher education DfE to curb HE franchise fraud with mandatory OfS registration Providers with over 300 franchised HE students will be required to register with the Office for Students Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Politics MPs to investigate ‘new way of doing FE’ New inquiry will cover staff pay, student mental health support, apprenticeships and funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo DfE, Early years Early years qualification rules relaxed amid recruitment crisis Managers will be able to count staff with level 2 qualifications as level 3 in staff-to-child ratios Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Ofsted College retains ‘outstanding’ for third time Ofsted hears how Nelson and Colne College learners feel part of a ‘big family’ Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo T Levels DfE ponders national rollout of NHS T Level coordinators Nationwide pilot expansion considered to “broaden impact” of NHS T Level specialists Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Awarding SEG chair Stott quits awarding group The chair of the Skills and Education Group board has resigned with immediate effect on health grounds after eight… FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo Careers, Employment MPs to examine job centres’ new skills and careers role The government hopes integrating careers advice into job centres will boost employment Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Devolution, DfE Exclusive Boris’s rushed retraining scheme created huge underspend Most of the money has been quietly returned to the Treasury Josh Mellor 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo Skills bootcamps Recruitment ban as bootcamp firm Redstone probed ITP paid nearly £3 million in bootcamps funding from mayoral combined authorities Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges NCG hit with £9m clawback bill after ESFA battle But finances continue to be strong while Ofsted delivered another ‘good’ judgment this month Billy Camden 3mo Billy Camden 3mo Newer 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
