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 Sponsored post Sponsored Innovative teaching, learner achievements and progress wins BTEC Award for Abingdon and Witney College As the number one college in Southeast England for Level 3 achievement which saw an impressive 95% of their learners progress to their chosen next… Pearson Btec 3y Pearson Btec 3y Qualifications BTEC funding to be debated in parliament after petition hits 100k signatures Over 20,000 people signed the petition in just two days Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Ofsted Ofsted finds degree courses rebadged as apprenticeships at university Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has voiced concerns over this issue multiple times in recent years Billy Camden 3y Billy Camden 3y Covid-19 Exclusive Some colleges to keep masks in class despite PM ending Plan B regulations One said sudents without a mask will not be permitted to enter the college Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y Newer 1 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 812 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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
