Feature, News Long read Focus feature: National Union of Students and FE Despite an impressive history of wins for FE students, is it now time for a radical shake-up of the… Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y T Levels DfE unveils plans for a new T Level in marketing Officials want the qualification up and running from 2025 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Colleges More college capacity projects get the go-ahead An extra batch of college capacity bids have been approved to build more teaching space for projected rises in… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships, Skills reform Provide apprenticeship careers talks or face legal action, schools told Consultation launched on new duty to give pupils six ‘mandatory encounters’ from FE and apprenticeship providers Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Colleges, Industrial action College staff do two days unpaid work every week, new workload survey finds New report lays bare the workload challenge facing the sector Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Apprenticeships, T Levels Donelan hints at more employer incentives for T Level placements The further and higher education minister, Michelle Donelan, was quizzed by MPs on the House of Commons education committee… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Industrial action London college group threatened with strikes over pay and ‘fire and rehire’ tactics The University and College Union said their members will not ‘have a gun put to their head by their… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y WorldSkills Gdańsk to host EuroSkills 2023 following Russia suspension The last-minute decision to move the EuroSkills competition follows Russia’s suspension from WorldSkills earlier this year because of… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships £8m fund to expand degree apprenticeships announced But officials are yet to flesh out what the funding can be used for Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Exclusive Apprentice feedback to trigger provider intervention ‘Education is not an Amazon purchase’, warns college boss Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Funding Soaring inflation wipes out skills budget boost Ministers have been urged to immediately add an extra £350 million a year in skills funding on top of… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Sixth-form students’ art exhibition explores challenges facing the environment ‘This online exhibition is a way of celebrating the arts and recognising excellence in sixth-form colleges’ Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Newer 1 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 803 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
