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 News DfE’s skills and productivity board chair replaced after a year The chair of the Department for Education’s skills and productivity board has stepped down a year after being appointed… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Sustainability issues could be prioritised in qualifications to break down barriers to teaching How learners can protect the planet is set to be bumped up curriculums, after teachers complained the lack of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Newer 1 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 817 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo
