News Exclusive Flexi-job plans may force closure of some ATAs, DfE is warned The government has been warned that many apprenticeship training agencies (ATAs) will close down under plans for new flexi-job… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Fastest growing apprenticeship provider goes bust amid ESFA investigation England’s fastest growing apprenticeship provider has gone bust amid a government investigation into the speed and scale of its… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Chartered Institution for Further Education relaunches “If you are funded by government, you can’t use your voice in the same way, you’re influenced in a… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Hunt begins for ‘employer representative bodies’ to pilot local skills improvement plans Employer representative bodies are being asked by government to step forward and lead pilots for new local skills improvement… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Colleges invited to bid for £65m Strategic Development Fund pilot – but must collaborate A new fund that aims to force college collaboration has opened for bids today. Colleges can now tender to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Government consults on replacing ATAs with new ‘flexi-job’ apprenticeship scheme The government has announced plans to withdraw its register of apprenticeship training agencies (ATAs) and replace it with a… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Apprenticeship provider slammed as Ofsted returns to work The first new provider monitoring visit report since Ofsted restarted the in-person inspections has found ‘insufficient’ delivery. New provider… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive £36m bootcamp results delayed The results of the government’s national skills bootcamp tender have been hit by a “very worrying” delay. Contracts were… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored Pearson Digital Live: Evolving Education | 26–29 April 2021 Following the success of last year’s event, Pearson is thrilled to announce our free virtual Digital Live conference is back… Pearson 4y Pearson 4y News WorldSkills UK LIVE cancelled again – but national skills competitions return The country’s biggest skills and careers event has been cancelled for a second year – but national skills competitions… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Apprenticeships Call for new ‘baccalaureate’ to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships A three-year ‘baccalaureate’ should be introduced to replace A-levels, BTECs, T-Levels and apprenticeships, a think tank has said. A… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Colleges take adult education clawback battle to Downing Street Colleges have called on the prime minister to intervene in the government’s “devastating” adult education clawback plans that risk… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 813 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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