Bootcamps Skills bootcamps to be erected in nine new areas Existing providers of ‘high quality’ bootcamps have also been handed funding Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y Ofsted Chamber-owned provider rated ‘inadequate’ for not matching curriculum to local skills needs It comes as chambers of commerce across England are piloting approaches to match skills provision to local needs Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y Ofsted College left ‘surprised’ as Ofsted grades apprenticeships ‘inadequate’ Inspectors found ‘serious weaknesses’ but also reported a number of positive aspects of the college’s provision Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y Colleges, Department for Education DfE lost over £12m supporting national colleges last year New accounts reveal how much the DfE has spent propping up the sector and how it rates colleges’ financial… Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y News T Levels attract 5,450 new students in 2021 And around 3,550 students started the T Level transition programme Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News FE base rate to increase from August 2022 to £4,542 An 8.4% increase in the national funding rate for students aged 16-17 will be applied Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News Universities and colleges announced for new £2m short HE course trial Only one college has been chosen for the new Higher Education Short Course trial Fraser Whieldon 3y Fraser Whieldon 3y News Revealed: The winners in the £120m Institutes of Technology wave 2 competition The names of the next nine colleges and universities to develop new Institutes of Technology have been named. The… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News DfE launches £150m capital fund for wave four T Level providers Colleges and training providers in the fourth wave of the T Level rollout are being invited to bid for… Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y News DfE top boss handed £278k payout to leave after exams fiasco Jonathan Slater had just eight months left in post, but was pushed out in spate of perm sec departures FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y News DfE looks to ex-teachers to fill Covid staffing gaps Leaders also asked to ‘use their own networks to encourage sign-up’ FE Week Reporter 3y FE Week Reporter 3y News Just 195 of 5.7m teacher grades changed after exam board reviews And for the almost 1m VTQ TAGs, just 636 were changed Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Newer 1 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 803 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
