News DfE’s top skills civil servant leaving post in December Paul Kett has served in several roles at the department over six years, rising to the senior rank of… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Adult education, Skills reform Rebranding the ‘lifelong loan entitlement’ would make the policy more appealing Researchers find language of ‘lifelong loan’ unappealing to future adult learners Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Apprenticeships Flexi-job apprentice agencies pull out of scheme after a few months Another key player has warned the scheme is too expensive to deliver Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Why do so many apprentices drop out? New research offers answers ‘First of its kind research’ also compares outcomes and destinations of apprentices completers and non-completers FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Training Providers Provider for disadvantaged young people to close after 40 years Plummeting student numbers has caused income to rapidly decline Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Top DfE civil servants grilled on skills reforms: 6 things we learned Officials say they are ‘pretty confident’ employer-led system is right direction of travel… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Training Providers Training provider and college reps announce ‘strategic coalition’ ‘Disparate’ organisations AELP, AoC and City & Guilds are joining forces Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Qualifications, Skills reform DfE delays ‘devastating’ level 2 qualification reforms for a year But plans to scrap thousands of level 2 and below courses go ahead Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored Driving apprenticeship success together Give your learners the skills and knowledge to succeed now and in the future with Pearson Apprenticeships. Pearson 3y Pearson 3y News Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2022 Eighteen schools, colleges, individuals and organisations recognised for work supporting children with SEND Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Politics Austerity 2.0: Hunt warns of spending cuts Chancellor says ‘all departments’ will need to find savings, and ‘some areas of spending will need to be cut’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Feature, News Investigation A silencing sector? Non-disclosure agreements and media policies in FE Everyone gets why non-disclosure agreements and strict media engagement rules are used in colleges. But concerns are growing that… Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y Newer 1 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
