Colleges, Politics Labour should bring colleges under local control, Gordon Brown suggests Former PM proposes radical shake-up of government in new report for the party Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Prison education Government steps up plans to improve prisoners’ literacy skills Government launches reading app pilot and contract for literacy schemes Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Adult education Pilot targeting UC claimants scales back target numbers Industry leavers and Covid-19 disruption has hampered progress on health and care pilot Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y WorldSkills WorldSkills: ‘Phenomenal’ performance puts UK back into top 10 WorldSkills 2022 special edition has concluded after six weeks of intense skill competitions taking place all over the world…. Shane Chowen 2y Shane Chowen and Tallulah Taylor 2y Ofsted Leadership and management provider hit with Ofsted ‘inadequate’ for recruiting ‘without integrity’ ‘It just feels the cards are stacked against us’, says director as firm exits the market Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y Devolution Cornwall secures adult education and skills powers in £360m devolution deal Mayoral county deal will see devolution of AEB by 2025 Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Sponsored post Sponsored Supporting delivery of Sustainability Education to meet future skill demands In the midst of this climate-critical decade, how can educators incorporate sustainability within education? Pearson 2y Pearson 2y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22 Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Apprenticeships Providers fail in high court to stop ‘draconian’ contract termination Two providers argued it was ‘unreasonable’ for ESFA to end contracts based on disputed Ofsted reports Billy Camden 2y Billy Camden 2y News Sixth form college staff walk out in strike over pay Union leader warns disruption could be repeated on a greater scale next year Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted gives first ‘limited’ rating to college for meeting skills contribution Strode College is among the first in the country to be inspected with the new enhanced framework Jason Noble 2y Jason Noble 2y Long read, Sustainability Long read Focus feature: Green FE teacher shortages could hold back net zero Research and reports on green skills shortages are not in short supply – but the people needed to teach… Jessica Hill 2y Jessica Hill 2y Newer 1 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 807 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
