ITP, Teacher training ITPs to take £27m hit from DfE funding change to FE teacher training Only providers providers with an HE partnership will have access to student finance, DfE says Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Adult education Adult ed: Fewer adults taking level 2 and 3 courses Figures indicate fewer adults from deprived backgrounds Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts grow 7% in first quarter of 2023/24 Achievements were up 22% on the year before Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Ofsted Leeds City Council awarded top Ofsted grade for adult learning and apprenticeships The council received an inspection upgrade for its skills provision that ‘transforms lives’ Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Sponsored post Sponsored Enter your fabulous FE colleagues into the Pearson National Teaching Awards The 1st of March entry deadline is fast approaching for the 2024 Pearson National Teaching Awards – and we… Advertorial 3mo The Teaching Awards Trust 3mo Sponsored post Sponsored Improve apprenticeship outcomes with City & Guilds: Supporting you for success Join the City & Guilds team at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) 2024 to learn how we can help… Advertorial 3mo City & Guilds 3mo News Five changes experts suggest on AI in colleges Fund colleges to trial AI, establish a long-term strategy and help teachers spot cheats, say government experts Samantha Booth 3mo Samantha Booth 3mo T Levels Exclusive T Levels: IfATE set to launch health and science relicensing Providers could be charged higher fees if student numbers are lower than expected Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Awarding FAB elects Charlotte Bosworth as next chair Kirstie Donnelly and Alan Woods will step down from the Federation of Awarding Bodies board this spring Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Colleges UCU staff up the ante in pay dispute with own bosses UCU staff accuses bosses of prioritising senior management pay Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo SEND Council spending on post-16 SEND place creation just 1% of total pot Just over £20 million of £1.55 billion has been spent on post-16 SEND facilities Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo Colleges Collab Group closes after 20 years College membership fees refunded as board weighs up ‘future plans’ with AoC Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo Newer 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 748 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Long read Resilient Ricketts: How Brooklands was saved from going broke The story of a college’s fight for survival after a subcontracting scandal left it on the brink of insolvency Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden 2w Politics Exclusive Exit interview: Why Robert Halfon quit ‘the best job in government’ Halfon tells FE Week he ‘did all he could’ after leaving skills minister role Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Apprenticeships National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54% Slight increase leaves sector way off government target Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 4w Next 3 stories Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprenticeship growth pilot cash would reach just 15 ITPs Providers need to start at least 15 apprentices on the chosen standards to be eligible for extra funding Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Apprenticeships Exclusive Treasury announces £3k top-up for 13 ‘growth sector’ apprenticeships Training providers will have to deliver a minimum number of starts to access the cash Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive DfE set to surrender £60m apprenticeship cash in 2023-24 Just 2% of total ring-fenced budget expected to be handed back to Treasury Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo
