Devolution, Levelling Up Top Tory mayor to bid for unprecedented skills powers West Midlands wants control beyond the adult education budget Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Apprenticeships Apprenticeship achievement rates removed due to ‘error’ It took the DfE’s statisticians almost a year to spot the issue Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Levelling Up Levelling up white paper: The key reforms for FE and skills New sixth forms, a skills mission and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund all feature Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Levelling Up Levelling up: More areas to be offered devolved adult education budgets Long-awaited white paper reveals AEB devolution will be open to areas even if they do not have an elected… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Exams Swap ‘cliff-edge’ GCSEs for ‘test when ready’, says exams review Independent Assessment Commission says qualifications are ‘inequitable and unreliable’ FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Teaching Lifetime bans for teachers guilty of serious misconduct to be extended to FE Anyone involved in ‘teaching work’ in the post-16 sector could be in scope of teacher misconduct rules. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Levelling Up Levelling up: Plans for ‘elite’ new sixth forms and skills ‘mission’ Education and skills policies from the much anticipated levelling up white paper will also include a new ‘future skills… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Police won’t investigate DfE Christmas party, but Sue Gray findings withheld Party was allegedly instigated by Gavin Williamson to ‘thank staff’ and attended by Susan Acland-Hood Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y News First 11 FE research scholars named Topics include racial inequality, regional outcomes, culture and finance Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored The Importance of Digital Skills in Adult Education & Employment We discuss the value of digital skills in our communities and how these can be embedded into adult learning. Ascentis 3y Ascentis 3y Colleges College barber courses to run suicide prevention training ‘I’ve had people sit in my chair and tell me about everything… the affairs, the redundancies, the funerals. We… Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Ofsted Rail provider considers Ofsted challenge after damning ‘inadequate’ report Ofsted found off-the-job training rules were being broken Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 803 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
