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 1 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 807 Older Must read 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 11h Jessica Hill 11h 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
