News Lifetime lines up high street deals for ‘Big Apprenticeship Thank You’ Retailers and restaurants will offer discounts for ‘The Big Apprenticeship Thank You’ FE Week Reporter 3mo FE Week Reporter 3mo Ofsted Ofsted chief faces new year committee grilling Sir Martyn Oliver to face MPs over progress in addressing coroner’s concerns following death of Ruth Perry Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo News New year honours 2025: Who got what in FE and skills? College leaders, governors and a leading apprenticeships researcher among 19 recognised Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo News Former union chief Bousted made a Baroness Mary Bousted will sit on the red benches as a Labour life peer FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo SEND MPs launch inquiry to find SEND solutions The education select committee want solutions that will fix the broken SEND system and improve outcomes Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Ofsted Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January Ofsted also published its first update on Big Listen actions Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Skills bootcamps Bootcamps: Providers ‘pushed’ to prioritise job-ready learners Demanding targets failed to take into account learners who were further from the job market Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Ofsted ‘Herculean team effort’ lands top Ofsted marks for Suffolk college Inspectors praise social mobility focus in grade 1 report Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Politics, Skills reform Teacher misconduct laws extended to FE colleges and providers Children’s wellbeing and schools bill puts further education teachers in scope of lifetime bans Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges, FE Commissioner Bailout saves WCG from going insolvent next month But the college group’s new principal says it is now ‘on the right track’ Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Devolution, skills Devolution white paper: Skills funding pots to be un-ringfenced Mayors will also take on joint control of local skills improvement plans Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Colleges, Ofsted, SEND Watchdogs call for EHCPs to include preparation for adulthood plans SEND ‘cliff edge’ still exists, Ofsted and CQC find Josh Mellor 4mo Josh Mellor 4mo Newer 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 802 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
