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 Colleges Leaders at large Norwich college ‘very disappointed’ as staff vote to strike Union says pay offer of up to 5.1 per cent is a ‘huge real terms pay cut’ Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Sponsored post Sponsored SkillBuild 2023 – why you should enter your learners as huge demand for construction skills remain The largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK returns, with registration now open for SkillBuild 2023.. The… Construction Industry Training Board 2y Construction Industry Training Board 2y News Limb to chair relaunched Lifelong Education Institute The current chair, former minister Chris Skidmore MP, is standing down at the end of the month to focus… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Politics Keegan snubs ASCL conference as schools pay stalemate continues Education secretary will miss the Birmingham event because she hopes to be in school pay talks, union reveals Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Apprenticeships Second chance for firms that failed to join flexi-job apprenticeship register DfE confirms new sustainabilit6y assessment will be used to re-assess failed bids in last application window Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y News Taxpayers’ £10m hit over ‘careers queen’s’ bust empire ESFA funds cannot be recovered, say liquidators Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Newer 1 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 816 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
