Colleges NCG hit with £9m clawback bill after ESFA battle But finances continue to be strong while Ofsted delivered another ‘good’ judgment this month Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo T Levels Exclusive IfATE: Contract delays won’t derail gen 2 health and science T Levels Fresh awarding body licenses were due to be awarded in October Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Colleges, Ofsted ‘Life changing’ West Thames College judged ‘outstanding’ The feat means 1 in 10 GFE colleges now hold the watchdog’s highest grade Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges Legrave: College interventions fall as support take-up rises Number of colleges in intervention reduced to 9 Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Colleges, Ofsted Double Ofsted ‘outstanding’ for Merseyside colleges A Catholic sixth form college and a general FE college in the area were awarded the judgment today FE Week Reporter 4mo FE Week Reporter 4mo Adult education, Ofsted Top Ofsted marks for south Yorkshire council’s adult education Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council upgraded for inspiring out of work people towards employment Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Skills reform Jennifer Coupland to leave IfATE next month ahead of closure She has led the apprenticeships and technical education quango for the past 5 years Billy Camden 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Ofsted Somerset college upgraded to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Inspectors praised Bridgwater & Taunton College for commitment to creating ‘diverse and inspiring’ curriculum Anviksha Patel 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo Employment, Training Providers Exclusive SWAPs scheme for jobless achieves 40% success rate The data offers a statistical view of the scheme’s impact for the first time Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo Long read, Skills reform Long read Unions could strike back with post-Tory learning fund revival Gavin Williamson blitzed it but government-backed union training could return under a new guise now Labour holds power. By… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo AEB, Devolution Exclusive Mayors better at spending adult skills cash Devolved AEB underspend figures revealed for first time Josh Mellor 5mo Josh Mellor 5mo Pay Exclusive FE ethnicity pay gap revealed Underrepresentation of ethnic minorities at region and leader level reveal cold spots in pay gaps Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo Newer 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 809 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 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 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 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
