Apprenticeships Keegan: DfE still worried about ‘middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships Fears that university-goers will choose to do apprenticeships instead and “squeeze out” those from disadvantaged backgrounds are still rife… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Feature, News Exclusive The slow death of adult residential education? As Northern College fights for survival, FE Week asks – is the government overlooking a big opportunity to ‘level up’? … Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News DfE launches £83m fund to ‘future proof’ places for 16-19s A new £83 million fund has been launched to ensure colleges can accommodate an expected demographic increase in 16… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Skills Bill to reveal extent government taking back control of colleges The scope of new powers for the education secretary to intervene where colleges are deemed to be “failing” their… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Six key findings from Ofqual’s survey of teachers on 2020 grading A third of FE and school staff felt “undue pressure” on their professional judgment when issuing exam grades in… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Sponsored post Sponsored “Begin with the end in mind” for success with student apprentices According to Stephen R Covey in his renowned book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, beginning with the… Active iQ 4y Active iQ 4y News Second national college officially dissolves The flagship national college for HS2 has been officially closed by ministers after facing insolvency, and relaunched as a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Academy trust comes to UTC’s rescue Another university technical college in financial difficulty is seeking to shelter inside a multi-academy trust after recruiting fewer than… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News School catering firm furloughed tutors despite going on apprentice hiring spree A major school catering supplier has been slated by Ofsted for hiring apprentices during the pandemic only to place… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News WorldSkills centres expand to ITPs A new teacher development programme run by WorldSkills UK is being expanded to independent and employer providers. From Monday… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Apprenticeships Banned: 9 firms join the ‘suspended’ list on the apprenticeships register Peterborough Skills Limited has become the latest apprenticeships provider to be banned from taking on new starts after being… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Loans provider slammed for accepting ‘identical’ learner work A new FE loans provider where tutors accept suspected copy-and-paste assignments from learners has been slammed by Ofsted. Inspectors… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 804 Older 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo
