News New year honours 2023: Who got what in FE and skills? A former president of the AoC has been made a dame alongside five CBEs, six OBEs and seven MBEs… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y News, Opinion 2022 review: The stories that made the headlines this year Exams blunders, ministerial roundabouts and financial fiascos: editor Shane Chowen rounds up 2022 and looks ahead at what’s to… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Adult education, Devolution AEB funding rates to increase in West Midlands Adult education budget funding will increase by 10 per cent in the West Midlands to help providers with rising… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y social mobility Barber to lead region’s social mobility taskforce Government advisor and college and university chiefs are among members for new commission Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y DfE FE financial risks “de-escalated” says DfE Annual report and accounts says FE financial risks are still monitored however Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Skills reform New ‘simpler’ skills funding model delayed Changes to skills funding for adults and a new set of community learning objectives have been put back to… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Apprenticeships, Skills reform IfATE unveils plans to integrate professional qualifications with EPAs A 10-week consultation on proposals has been launched Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Apprenticeships: The ticket to your dream career VTCT’s Business Development Manager for Apprenticeships, Jody Jones, tells you all you need to know about being an Apprentice VTCT 2y VTCT 2y Results 2022 Pearson and OCR reports explain 2022 VTQ results delays Covid-19 adaptations and inexperienced exam officers were among the issues Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Ofqual, Results 2022 Summer results delays affected nearly 21,000 students, Ofqual review finds Exams watchdog unveils five-point plan to avoid repeat of 2022 results delays Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Covid-19 EPI warns of widening disadvantage gap for 16-19 learners Report prompts renewed calls for 16-19 pupil premium equivalent Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Awarding AQA takes over vocational awarding body TQUK Acquiring Training Qualifications UK will be a boost to AQA in the vocational awarding and apprenticeship end point… Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen 2y Newer 1 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 807 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
