News NAW 2021 | FE White paper & the next phase of apprenticeship reform (recording) Yesterday afternoon a group of sector leaders and policymakers took part in an FE Week roundtable to mark National… Shane Mann 4y Shane Mann 4y News Shadow education secretary celebrates National Apprenticeship Week with ‘top class’ virtual tour Shadow education secretary Kate Green has made her first visit, virtually, to an independent training provider to celebrate National… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Skills reform Williamson ‘strongly encourages’ colleges to embrace lifetime skills guarantee level 3 offer The education secretary has urged colleges to embrace the new level 3 offer under the lifetime skills guarantee as… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Association of Colleges Beacon Award 2021 winners announced Eleven colleges that showcase “the best and most innovative practice” in the sector have been honoured at the Association… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ESFA finally launches £73m adult education budget tender The long-awaited national adult education budget tender has been launched by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Bids for… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Pace of external quality assurance transferring to Ofqual slows to a crawl Providers will be stuck paying for external quality assurance (EQA) for even longer than planned, as the process of… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Turing Scheme to open for bids next month Bids for the UK’s new £110 million Turing Scheme will open to universities, FE providers and schools next month…. Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored What does inclusivity in education look like? After this last year, more people are aware that just because we’re in this together, doesn’t mean we all… Cognassist 4y Cognassist 4y Skills reform Exclusive FE recruitment drive ‘pipedream’ without pay rises Government aspirations to bolster the FE workforce “will be nothing more than a pipedream” unless colleges are given funding… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Talks under way on threshold rate for college adult education under-delivery Intense negotiations are taking place within government to determine the extent to which colleges will again be allowed to… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive Providers complain of ‘impossible timelines’ for lifetime skills guarantee offer Training providers are “disappointed”, “extremely frustrated” and predict a “disjointed and likely stuttering start” to the government’s lifetime skills… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Revealed: ESFA investigation into fastest growing apprenticeship provider England’s fastest growing apprenticeship provider is under investigation by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and faces going bust,… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 804 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
