Skills reform ‘Unit for future skills’ to launch this month Course information for employers and learners through a new ‘unit for future skills’ will start being published this month,… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Sponsored post Sponsored A green skills solution from The Skills Network As the climate crisis grows, calls for an integration of a fourth functional sustainability skill into mass upskilling across… The Skills Network 3y The Skills Network 3y Colleges Capital projects worth £400 million given green light The government’s flagship college capital investment programme awards a further £400 million, but rising prices bring costs in to… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Ofsted Recovering colleges’ latest Ofsted results One principal said they weren’t sure the Ofsted inspection was helpful or good value for money. Three colleges tell… Will Nott 3y Billy Camden and Will Nott 3y Colleges, Ofsted Ofsted slams SEND college for ‘highly inappropriate’ activities The watchdog found that students with special educational needs and disabilities were tube fed and medicated in classrooms in… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News DfE slashes grant funding for ETF It is expected that some programmes previously provided by ETF will be put out to tender by the DfE Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Apprenticeships Shock as half of apprentices drop out Expert says there would be ‘national outcry’ and independent inquiry if this happened with A-levels Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y AEB ‘Frustrating’ for some but ‘not surprising’: ESFA extends AEB contracts for one more year National adult education budget contracts renewed for 2022/23 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Highlights from Annual Apprenticeships Conference 2022 31/03/2022 Find out more Apprenticeships 2020/21 apprenticeship achievement rate hits 57.7% – and just 51.8% for standards Almost half of learners on the new-style apprenticeship standards failed to successfully complete their programme last year, new figures… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Revised 2019/20 apprenticeship achievement rates reveal huge drop The overall achievement rate for apprenticeships in 2019/20 has fallen to 57.5 per cent – 6.7 percentage points lower… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Covid-19 DfE widens student eligibility criteria for 16-19 catch-up funding But leaders warn the extension has been introduced too late and predict ‘many’ fundng clawbacks Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 803 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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
