News Times Education Commission adds voice to calls for new ‘baccalaureate’ It is estimated to cost the government an extra £1.2bn a year Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Industrial action Strike votes open at 33 colleges Industrial ballots opened today and will close on July 15 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored AELP National Conference 2022 – Book your place now! Taking place on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 June, the 2022 AELP National Conference will be held at the… AELP 3y AELP 3y Long read Long read Focus feature: Women principals leaving a legacy in FE This year numerous top female college principals are stepping down after giving their professional lives to the FE sector…. Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y News DfE permanently scraps annual FE learner and employer satisfaction surveys The survey is usually taken by hundreds of thousands of students and has run for most of the past… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Funding IFS: Spending on adult education and apprenticeships will be 25% below 2010 levels by 2025 Spending on adult education and apprenticeships fell by 38 per cent in real-terms between 2010–11 and 2020–21 Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Warning as cyber criminals try to cash in on exam season The Joint Council for Qualifications warned exams officers about the email earlier this week. The body said a ‘small… FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y T Levels No T Level achievement rates until wave 3 students complete But national-level results for T Levels will be published from the get-go, with the first set of outcomes set… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News New alliance to offer fellowships for FE staff Colleges will have to be a member of both organisations and have ‘chartered status’ for staff to be eligible. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Sponsored post Sponsored OCN London joins forces with the Met Police to help widen participation in the police service OCN London, a nationally recognised awarding organisation and Access Validation Agency (AVA), has developed a new Access to HE… OCN London 3y OCN London 3y News DfE seeks brokers to level up SME apprenticeships in the north Intermediaries told to also focus on boosting numbers of young apprentices Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship funding at risk for slow progress drop-outs But providers are up in arms about the bureaucracy of the ‘impractical’ new rule Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 803 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
