News Exclusive DfE was aware of bootcamps gender issue but has plans to tackle it The Department for Education knew its flagship skills bootcamps could be flooded with male learners but has a raft… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News New provider monitoring visits back on for March 15 New provider monitoring visits will resume from March 15 – and they will be conducted face-to-face, Ofsted has confirmed…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News ‘Flexi-job’ apprenticeships: What are they and how will they work? Several industries where project-based employment is the norm have struggled more than most to comply with the 12-month minimum… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Covid-19 Exclusive Williamson defends independent provider Covid-19 testing ‘madness’ The education secretary has defended the controversial delay in distributing Covid-19 testing kits to independent training providers. In an… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Skills bootcamps ‘counter-intuitive’ to long-term FE simplification, top civil servant admits Pilot schemes, such as skills bootcamps, are “counter-intuitive” to the Department for Education’s long-term goal of simplifying the FE… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Skills reform Exclusive Intervention regime WILL include college failure to comply with local skills improvement plans New legislation will enable the education secretary to intervene where colleges refuse to deliver courses decided through local skills… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Festival of Education goes virtual for 2021 This year’s Festival of Education will take place online and will be free to watch. It was hoped that… Shane Mann 4y Shane Mann 4y News GCSE and A-level grades 2021: ‘I will back you all the way’, Williamson says to teachers The education secretary has pledged to back teachers “all the way” in their efforts to award GCSE and A-level… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive Colleges and training providers in line for £35m slice of the Turing Scheme Around a third of the funding pot set aside for the Turing Scheme will go to further education providers,… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News ESFA announces new subcontracting cap The volume of subcontracted training will be capped at 25 per cent for providers from next year – but… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored When best-in-class tech meets best-in-class accreditation Irrespective of the scale of the educational institution, there’s always a case for improving efficiencies and delivering more effective… NOCN 4y NOCN 4y News FE providers to receive free batch of face masks to aid reopening FE providers will each receive up to 7,500 face masks from government for free as they reopen to more… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 808 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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