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
Shane Chowen and Tallulah Taylor
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
Billy Camden
Devolution

Cornwall secures adult education and skills powers in £360m devolution deal

Mayoral county deal will see devolution of AEB by 2025

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Sponsored post

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
Pearson
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship underspend shrinks to £11m in 2021/22

Fresh fears have been raised over future budget overspends

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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
Billy Camden


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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Jason Noble
Long read, Sustainability

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
Jessica Hill
News

Plan B guidance for 2023 exams confirmed

Schools and colleges sound workload warnings over contingency plans for next summer’s GCSEs and A-levels

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

University that ramped up apprenticeships secures third ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating

More than 2,000 apprentices have been recruited in the past four years

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges

College reclassification: Major changes you need to know about

Restrictions on senior pay and borrowing announced, plus bad news on VAT

Jason Noble
Jason Noble

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel