News Stoke-on-Trent College announces former skills civil servant as new principal Lisa Capper replaces Denise Brown Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Skills reform DfE switches to individualised learner record for skills bootcamps amid dodgy data concerns There were reports of serious gaps in outcomes data under the previous system Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Traineeships Exclusive What a waste: sector exasperated as £65m for traineeships is handed back to Treasury Provider procurement delays to blame, says minister Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Adult education ‘Free courses for jobs’ initiative fails to boost enrolments Early signs are that the new free level three offer isn’t yet boosting demand for courses. Shane Chowen 3y Shane Chowen 3y Apprenticeships, Traineeships Apprenticeship starts recovering to pre-pandemic levels, DfE data shows But traineeships are still struggling to take off Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Sponsored post Sponsored The Pearson National Teaching Awards: Who Are You Nominating This Year? We are fast approaching a special time of the year for everyone working in education, and no, it’s not… Teaching Awards Trust 3y Teaching Awards Trust 3y Skills reform £60m tender launched for third wave of skills bootcamps Providers have five weeks to bid for contracts Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Inclusion, WorldSkills WorldSkills UK diversity heroes shortlist announced WorldSkills UK have announced the hopeful heroes up for awards for advancing inclusion and diversity in skills. FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y Long read Long read ‘Students served by FE are vulnerable to modern slavery’ One college on an awareness drive around labour exploitation was amazed at how many learners were being mistreated. Jess… Jess Staufenberg 3y Jess Staufenberg 3y Ofsted Provider fights back over ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating The provider blamed Covid-19 for withdrawals over the last two years Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Ofsted Safety concerns raised at two independent specialist colleges Leaders didn’t follow safety rules when recruiting staff to work with vulnerable learners Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Ofsted College loses grade 1 after Ofsted lifts exemption ‘Outstanding’ schools and colleges are being inspected for the first time since 2010 Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Newer 1 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 803 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
