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
Cabinet reshuffle, Politics

Alex Burghart and Will Quince join DfE ministerial team

Both appointed junior DfE ministers by the prime minister

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Cabinet reshuffle, Politics

Confirmed: Gillian Keegan leaves apprenticeships and skills minister role in reshuffle

She has been promoted to the Department of Health and Social Care as a minister of state.

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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