Politics The ‘galling’ pay-offs for DfE ministers on political merry-go-round 19 politicians earn more than £100k in severance pay in a year John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y News Exclusive College troubleshooter resigns over PM race row DfE national governance chief claims ‘I’m not racist’ and blames ‘wokerati’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Politics Lord Blunkett backs away from Labour’s pledge to use 50% of apprenticeship levy on other training Labour clarifies its 50% apprenticeship levy plans for other types of training is only an ‘indicative’ figure Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Training Providers City & Guilds buys third training provider Trade Skills 4U joins from private equity firm Palatine Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted Online apprenticeship provider lauded as ‘outstanding’ in first inspection Apprentify Ltd celebrates after scoring top Ofsted marks Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Ofsted Online provider bites back at Ofsted after scathing report Inspectors claimed to have found a series of funding rule breaches Billy Camden 3y Jason Noble and Billy Camden 3y News NUS sacks president Shaima Dallali after antisemitism investigation Significant breaches of the student union’s policies were found Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Industrial action Hopwood Hall College staff win another significant pay rise Most lecturers to receive 9.2% increase, on top of last year’s 7.5% rise Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted, Training Providers Ofsted plans ‘shadow nominee’ for training providers during inspections Inspectorate says it wants to ‘ease the burden’ currently placed on one person’s shoulders and ‘help the sector with… Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Temporary apprenticeship funding band uplifts planned for later this month, DfE reveals Providers will need to ‘present conclusive evidence that costs of delivery have been substantially impacted’ Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Former skills minister Matt Hancock set to join I’m A Celebrity… He was suspended from the Conservative Party after the news emerged today FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Politics Two former schools ministers to run for education committee chair Robin Walker and Jonathan Gullis throw their hats in the ring to succeed Robert Halfon Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 807 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
