News MPs and Lords back Hinds’ move for an all-party group to champion T Levels T Levels will get a boost this month with the creation of a cross-party group of MPs and peers… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y Sponsored post Sponsored The Future of Learning; Knowledge is Power The main priority within education continues to focus on delivering the best learner experience possible and truly understanding each… The Skills Network 4y The Skills Network 4y Skills reform Exclusive Sadiq Khan slams mayoral exclusion from local skills improvement plan pilots Sadiq Khan has slammed the government for cutting mayoral authorities out from leading new local skills improvement plan (LSIPs)… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored post Sponsored NOCN Group’s Skills Recovery Roadmap Future Skills, Future Workforce, Future Proof NOCN Group is supporting colleges, training providers, and employers to understand the various… NOCN 4y NOCN 4y 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 Newer 1 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 817 Older Must read community cohesion Long read Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica… Jessica Hill 8h Jessica Hill 8h 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
