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 UTCs NHS targets UTCs for ‘digital health’ skills shortfall The NHS estimates 30,000 ‘digital health’ professionals will be needed by 2030 Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Training Providers LifeSkills goes into administration after DfE finds ‘data irregularities’ Almost 500 students and 80 staff impacted Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Exams ‘Difficult to swallow’: Leaders criticise exam fee hikes of up to 17% Exam boards will earn several million pounds more from schools and colleges – but say they have to cover… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Qualifications, Skills reform Revealed: 1 in 3 at risk BTECs saved from the chop DfE publishes ‘final’ list of level 3 quals that overlap with first ten T Levels Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Higher education OfS touts tough registration rules on sexual harassment HE regulator plans to consult on a new condition of registration early next year Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Colleges Third college to go through FE insolvency regime owes £8m The country’s smallest sixth form college has been forced to close Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Exclusive DfE forced to finally reveal true amount of apprenticeship funding returned to Treasury Over £2bn surrendered since the launch of the levy in 2017 to 2021 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts for young people grow the most in full-year 2021/22 figures But overall starts are still 11% down on pre-pandemic levels Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Results 2022 BTEC and CTEC result delays scrutinised by MPs: 6 things we learned Officials grilled on scale of the delays, the impact on learners and the action being taken to ensure the… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 807 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