News ‘Staggering’ number of college students ‘between one and four months behind’, AoC survey warns A “staggering” three quarters of 16 to 18-year-old college students are performing below normal expectations and are between one… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News, Opinion Sponsored AAC 2021 | An opportunity to look to recovery and the future of apprenticeships At the FE Week Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC) in 2020 we all gathered in Birmingham knowing that it was… Shane Mann 4y KIRSTIE DONNELLY 4y News Ofsted to visit ‘sample’ of colleges where sexual abuse has been reported Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse will see the watchdog make on-site visits to a “sample” of colleges where abuse… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Recruit teachers by talking up prestige of profession, DfE told Talk about the “magic” of teaching, and less about structures and funding routes, to attract more people into the… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Government ‘expects’ to drop face masks in classrooms requirement by May Students should no longer be required to wear face masks in classrooms from 17 May, the Department for Education… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Race report ‘avoids tackling’ systematic discrimination in apprentice recruitment An ethnic minority representative group has slammed a prime ministerial commission’s proposal for an apprentice recruitment campaign “highly targeted”… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Swithenbank’s payoff revealed as auditors confirm financial regulations breached The former chief executive of Hull College Group received £219,000 last year, despite only being in post for 67… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Tripling traineeships: no growth yet, but new providers remain upbeat The government has failed to boost radically the number of traineeships in the first half of the year –… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Colleges will need to do their own funding audits – ESFA rules The government body responsible for funding assurance appears to have lost confidence in itself. The Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Controversial adult funding threshold dropped to 68% – but only for Liverpool A mayoral authority has set a 68 per cent clawback threshold for its devolved adult education budget, in a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Cash-strapped college announces merger partner A struggling college has announced plans to merge with one of the biggest college groups in the country next… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Well-known college CEO named as new FE Commissioner The chief executive of one of the country’s largest college groups has been appointed as the next FE Commissioner…. Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 813 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
