Adult education, T Levels Exclusive Adult T Level pilot flounders as most colleges fail to recruit a learner Freedom of Information request reveals just 14 learners against a target 150 have signed up to date Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News Exclusive The Marples lawsuit: How ‘malicious’ DfE ‘targeted successful entrepreneur’ A full account of 3aaa founder’s £37m+ legal claim Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y T Levels Providers shelve courses as students shun T Levels Research also warns transition programme will not provide a flow of learners Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y EDI WorldSkills UK reveals 2023 equity, diversity and inclusion heroes Winners included an apprentice who developed a financial literacy course for her community while also promoting apprenticeships in local… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges Colleges ask for extra £400m as ‘perfect financial storm’ hits AoC warns of large-scale redundancies, increased class sizes, and campus closures Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges Half of colleges report increase in hungry students Survey finds student mental health, college funding, staff pay and energy bills are among top concerns Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Higher education OfS proposes register of ‘personal relationships’ between staff and students Non-disclosure agreements also face ban in cases of harassment and sexual misconduct Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Apprenticeships DfE ‘developing’ teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates Ministers also ‘reviewing’ their existing postgraduate route ‘with a view to making it more effective’ Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, Pay, Staff Two days of strikes announced at Havant and South Downs College Staff from two unions will be on the picket line after ‘insulting’ pay offer Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Politics Former top DfE skills civil servant joins PwC Paul Kett joins accounting giant after serving 6 years in the civil service Tallulah Taylor 3y Tallulah Taylor 3y Teaching ‘Expert’ teacher sweeteners needed to tackle ‘growing’ FE recruitment crisis, report says Study calls on government to bolster incentives for employers to release staff to teach in FE too Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News UTCs group seeks millions from DfE for ‘sleeves’ in schools Interested schools may also have to subsidise running costs of the mini-UTCs in future years Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Newer 1 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 832 Older Must read 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 2d Anviksha Patel 2d News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2w Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2w Next 3 stories Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 1mo Shane Chowen 1mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Colleges, Long read Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo
