Colleges, Politics, Skills reform No plans for new ‘elite’ technical colleges, skills minister suggests Robert Halfon says PM refers to existing Institutes of Technology in education plans Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Politics Meet the ministers: Who’s who in Rishi Sunak’s first DfE lineup Ministerial responsibilities at the DfE have finally been announced Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Covid fraud hit £5m and 6 more ESFA accounts findings High profile Covid measures, like the apprenticeship incentive payments, were flagged as a high risk for fraud Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen and Samantha Booth 3y Ofsted Ofsted hands rare ‘inadequate’ grade to county council Bedford Borough Council becomes second local authority to currently hold the lowest possible grade Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Sponsored post Sponsored 5 free teacher training opportunities from UK Parliament and how they can broaden your teaching skill set Teacher training opportunities that are perfect for those preparing to teach politics or looking for fresh ideas to create… UK Parliament 3y UK Parliament 3y Adult education Regional and social class divides in adult learning put ‘levelling up’ plans at risk, LWI warns Gap widens for adult learning between highest and lowest performing regions in the UK Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y News DfE reprimanded after student data used by gambling firms – but avoids £10m fine ICO slams ‘woeful’ data protection practices Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Apprenticeships, Devolution Liverpool City Region targets over 50s for apprenticeships Combined authority says it could help those who have been made redundant, the unemployed and career changers Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y WorldSkills UK hosts special WorldSkills competition this week Competitors visit ex coal mine and Welsh villages ahead of competitions Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted faces another legal challenge over lack of Covid consideration UKTD is the third provider recently to complain Ofsted hasn’t considered the impact of Covid. Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Training Providers New ESFA chief plans financial handbook ‘bible’ for ITPs ESFA’s new chief says he wants to improve partnership working between the agency and the sector Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y T Levels Long read ‘Crushed’: 1 in 3 health and science T Level students turn their backs on flagship qualification FE Week investigation unearths extent of the fallout from the ‘diabolical’ exams fiasco Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Newer 1 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 807 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
