Adult education, Colleges Long read FE warm spaces help communities through the cost of living crisis Colleges and adult learning centres talk about their efforts to support those struggling to make ends meet Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y News College leaders to benefit from free wellbeing sessions Principals and deputies will become eligible for peer support and counselling Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Colleges Embattled adult education college under ESFA supervision DfE to attend Northern College board meetings as uncertainty remains over the college’s future Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges, Training Providers Dozens of providers allowed to skirt cap on subcontracting Names of 53 providers given special permission to subcontract over 25% limit revealed Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News DfE claws back £6.2m from ETF after T Level contract dispute AELP has also returned as a co-owner of the charity Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Ofsted Sixth form college rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted Hampshire-based college has improved from a long-held ‘good’ grade Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges, Levelling Up FE projects win over £75m in levelling up cash Projects include a new AI campus in Blackpool and a health and social care training school in Somerset Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships, T Levels Halfon orders universities to publish T Levels admissions statements The skills minister wants more transparency from universities on accepting T Levels as valid entry qualifications Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Colleges Four days of strikes confirmed at The Sheffield College after ‘insulting’ pay offer The UCU says more than 200 members at the college could walk out Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Apprenticeships Just 20 apprenticeships in scope for ‘exceptional’ funding review The process is being limited to ‘ensure affordability and a rapid turnaround’ Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y 16-19, T Levels New T Levels in energy and sustainability on the cards IfATE confirms it is researching new T Levels and new occupational specialisms in existing T Levels Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Colleges, Ofsted ‘Ofsted came 12 months too soon’, says principal as third consecutive grade three is confirmed College also faces ban on apprenticeships Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 829 Older Must read 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 2w Shane Chowen 2w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Next 3 stories 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Long read, Prison education Long read 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
