Apprenticeships Exclusive ESFA to select providers for reapplication to apprenticeships register in random order Providers on the apprenticeships register will be “randomly selected” to reapply in different phases over the next year, the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive National college closes without ever having opened One of the government’s once-vaunted national colleges is being wound up – without ever opening, FE Week can reveal…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Skills Bill: DfE accused of ‘power-grab’ over colleges The much-heralded Skills Bill contains a Department for Education “power-grab” and will “fail to meet the scale of the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News £250m of apprenticeship funding went back to Treasury in 2020-21 Apprenticeship funding to the tune of £250 million was handed back to the Treasury in 2020-21, FE Week can… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Exclusive ‘Middle-class grab’ on apprenticeships confirmed by new analysis The apprenticeship reforms are increasingly disadvantaging people from low-income areas, new FE Week analysis has revealed. Since the new-style… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Right2Learn campaign to host inaugural conference tonight A new campaign that argues for a lifelong statutory right to fully funded learning for every adult is holding… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News International partnerships announced to boost post-pandemic skills recovery WorldSkills UK is signing up to a host of partnerships with overseas counterparts which will mean greater sharing of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Reverse adult education clawback plans, says cross-party group of MPs A cross-party group of MPs has called on the education secretary to reverse his adult education budget clawback plans… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Meet WorldSkills UK’s new Skills Taskforce for Global Britain A team of education and business leaders have been assembled to drive the use of skills in “levelling up”… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Speed read: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill published The first draft of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill has officially been laid before parliament. It outlines the… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Forced college mergers – and other Skills Bill revelations New powers are set to be handed to the education secretary to force college mergers, an impact assessment of… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y 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 Newer 1 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 807 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
