News Exclusive Troubleshooter takes the reins at newly formed college A newly formed college has appointed an experienced troubleshooter as its interim chief executive. City of Portsmouth College, which… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News School and college leaders demand £5.8bn catch-up cash for poorer students Education bosses have set out proposals for a £5.8 billion Covid recovery plan, including a £300 million three-year post-16… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive ‘Excellent’ college principal retires due to ill health A long-standing college principal has retired with immediate effect due to a terminal illness. John Callaghan, who has led… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Afghan refugees will be offered free English courses, Department for Education says The Department for Education has promised free English courses for Afghan refugees as part of the government’s Operation Warm… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 DfE to evaluate impact of 16-19 Covid tuition fund The government is planning to evaluate its subsidised tuition scheme for 16-to-19-year-olds – after almost a quarter of eligible… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Revealed: The 88 providers that won national adult education budget tender funding Half of the 88 training providers to win funding in the government’s national adult education budget (AEB) tender did… Simon Kay 4y Simon Kay 4y News New £75 ‘connectivity support grants’: What you need to know Colleges will be able to claim back money to help disadvantaged students absent due to Covid get online in… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Exclusive Private providers excluded from DfE’s latest Covid safety scheme Independent providers are outraged after the government barred them from a scheme to tackle Covid infections in education settings…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Colleges sought to create new ‘short’ courses in ‘important’ subjects Colleges have been invited to bid for a share of a £2 million fund to develop new short higher… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Revealed: 45 T Level colleges sharing £50m to refurbish teaching spaces Forty-five colleges delivering the government’s flagship T Level qualifications from next year have won a slice of £50 million… Simon Kay 4y Simon Kay 4y News Ofqual ‘pleased’ with ‘small’ number of penalties issued for cheating in vocational exams last year More than 1,300 penalties were issued for cheating in vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) in 2019/20 – with the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News International college membership body appoints England-based principal as new chair An England-based college principal has been named as the new chair of a global membership organisation for technical education… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 812 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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