Colleges, Sustainability

Smaller colleges cold-shouldered by energy capital funding

New energy capital funding announced this week was allocated based on learner numbers rather than need, which some leaders…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Higher education

‘Frightening’ freedom of speech bill laws dropped

Debates on the freedom of speech bill have barely mentioned providers of higher education other than universities, but the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sponsored post

Hospitality apprenticeships – an attractive pathway for learners at all stages

Awarding and Assessment Organisation BIIAB tunes into how it’s never been a better time to support apprenticeships in this…

BIIAB
BIIAB
Adult education, Colleges

London’s City Lit halts online lessons until new year after ‘IT disruption’

Online lessons at City Lit have been cancelled until the new year, but face to face lessons continue

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Sponsored post

Why an apprenticeship works in today’s world of learning and work

Read how an apprenticeship has opened doors for one ICT apprentice and why he would recommend an apprenticeship to…

Pearson
Pearson
Ofsted

Ofsted pulls provider’s ‘inadequate’ report in unprecedented move

Re-inspection ordered six weeks after publication

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Skills bootcamps

First bootcamps-only inspection results in glowing report

High praise for course that takes learners with no prior coding experience to ‘becoming work ready within 20 weeks

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

DfE eyes early release of apprenticeship funding rules from next year

Education chief says rules will be published before May 2023

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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
Billy Camden
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
Billy Camden
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
Jason Noble
News

Revealed: 32 colleges bag £70m from HE capital fund

Allocations for improving higher education facilities range from £150k to £5.8m

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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