CPD, Governance

Institute of Directors takes over governor leadership training

The Further Education Chairs Leadership Programme has been run by the Oxford Saïd Business School since 2018

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Colleges, Long read

Focus feature: College improvement

How do you improve a college with a demoralised staff, a financial notice, a bad Ofsted and a haemorrhaging…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Cabinet reshuffle, Politics

Reshuffle: Meet the new education ministers

The new ministerial team is complete, but their responsibilities are yet to be confirmed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
AEB

Residential funding uplift is confirmed for this year

A national review of the funding uplift was launched in February 2020

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Reformers demand action in face of yet another prison education review

Sector bodies hope a new Ofsted review will answer whether promised reforms will ‘ever get turned into reality’

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Colleges denied chance to speak out over free speech legislation

Colleges and FE student unions have been left out of discussions about new free speech legislation

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


News

College seeks ‘positive disruptor’ to champion EDI policy

Applicants from inside and outside the sector are being sought to tackle accessibility, curriculum design, and workplace practice

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

PeoplePlus boss quits

It comes weeks after the firm failed to win any AEB funding

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Cabinet reshuffle, Politics
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Ofsted

Ofsted raps business school over management apprenticeships

A high-profile business school that made millions of pounds by quickly recruiting more than 800 management apprentices has been…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Fast growing apprenticeship firm goes bust after ESFA stops payments

It owes nearly £4 million to creditors.

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Measure college success by social outcomes as well as students’ jobs, report says

Colleges should choose social outcomes for learners like confidence or making friends, the think tank says

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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
Billy Camden and Frances Read
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
Billy Camden
Adult education

Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets

Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen