News Missed opportunity: flagship edtech scheme ends after 2 years The programme was a key plank of the government’s 2019 edtech strategy Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Ofsted St John Ambulance faces apprentice recruitment suspension Ofsted found ‘insufficient’ progress at the country’s best-known first aid training charity Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y T Levels Employers losing interesting in T Levels, survey reveals 5,000 employers were quizzed about their interest in offering T Level placements, apprenticeships and traineeships. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Ofsted Auditing apprentice pay will not be part of routine inspections, Ofsted promises Compliance will only be looked at in ‘limited circumstances’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News DfE begs Education and Training Foundation to return up to £7.5m The charity earned a huge, unexpected surplus on a T Levels contract Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform Delivery challenges ahead as skills bill finally gains royal assent New laws will bring in an official list of post-16 skills providers and rules for increased apprenticeships guidance in… Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships Small employer apprenticeship starts rise for first time in 5 years But the numbers are still way off pre-pandemic and levy reform levels Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y SEND SEND review consultation may be extended as accessible versions delayed BSL and easy-read versions of the green paper were promised almost a month ago Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Qualifications Post-16 qualifications inquiry: 5 interesting things we learned from former education ministers Witnesses were quizzed on degree apprenticeships, BTECs and getting the policy balance right between vocational and academic education Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Higher education IfS: 1 in 4 poorer pupils could lose out under proposed student loan grade thresholds Around 1 in 10 recent education undergrads would also have been excluded, think tank warns Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Ofsted Ofsted to review how it inspects FE and skills, new strategy states In its new five-year strategy, Ofsted says it will inspect every college to check it’s meeting skills needs. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships Help boost apprenticeship starts among young people and fix the drop-out rate, skills minister tells IfATE Alex Burghart issues tasks to the institute in new ‘strategic guidance’ Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 812 Older Must read 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 5d Jessica Hill 5d 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 4w Jessica Hill 4w 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
