News ‘Middle-class grab’ of degree-level apprenticeships intensifies Ministers urged to get a grip of policy 4 years after first raising fears Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills bootcamps DfE exceeds 16k skills bootcamps starts target in 2021-22 But data on completions and gender won’t be released until next year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y AEB, Devolution Norfolk and Suffolk obtain adult education budget powers in devolution deal Deals for the counties are also expected to include involvement in skills Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Revealed: 32 colleges bag £70m from HE capital fund Allocations for improving higher education facilities range from £150k to £5.8m Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Six things we learned from Keegan’s first education committee The education secretary took questions from MPs this morning Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Ofsted Confirmed: College for vulnerable adults judged ‘inadequate’ over safety concerns Ofsted says leaders are ‘unable to identify and protect learners who may be at risk or need help’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Long read Long read Focus feature: Are college-led academy trusts the answer to the big education divide? From classroom-to-career; the record of colleges sponsoring multi-academy trusts is a mixed one. Jessica Hill investigates if there is… Jessica Hill 3y Jessica Hill 3y News Speed read: DfE energy-saving tips and £500m funding rules Colleges told to do energy ‘spot checks’, and have 2 years to spend cash Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Sustainability £500m for schools and colleges to make buildings more energy efficient Allocations range from £1.8m to £10k and colleges can decide to spend it on ‘other capital projects’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y Prison education Government steps up plans to improve prisoners’ literacy skills Government launches reading app pilot and contract for literacy schemes Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y 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 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 812 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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
