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Flagship £50m skills bootcamps prioritise courses dominated by men

The government’s £50 million rollout of the skills bootcamps policy has come under fire for only funding sectors heavily…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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WorldSkills Diversity and Inclusion Heroes award winners 2021

An apprentice who hosted STEM career events at schools, and a provider giving back to the LGBTQ+ community have…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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New data shows improved picture for apprenticeship starts amid pandemic

Apprenticeship starts appear to be recovering after new data showed a less dramatic percentage drop amid the pandemic. Figures…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Colleges to reopen by 8 March at the earliest, DfE confirms

Colleges will begin reopening to more students from 8 March if the government’s Covid-19 vaccination targets are met, the…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Revealed: How employers claim the £1,000 traineeship incentive

Employers can claim the government’s promised £1,000 for a completed traineeship work placement using an online form from today….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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PAC college financial sustainability report: The 7 recommendations

The Public Accounts Committee has set the Department for Education a list of tasks to address the “fragile” financial…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon


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Public Accounts Committee criticises expensive and ineffective college oversight

The government’s approach to college intervention takes too long, costs too much and is not effective in making them…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Reopening colleges and providers: Announcements coming ‘in next few days’

The government will make announcements on reopening education providers “in the next few days”, the schools minister has said….

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Five things you need to know about delivering T Levels

T Levels bring with them important new expectations of educators, says Zac Aldridge, NCFE’s operations director for technical education…

NCFE
NCFE
Skills reform

Sector gives FE white paper the thumbs up

The FE white paper has been given a warm welcome by sector leaders and FE Week readers, with almost…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
Skills reform

FE white paper: The key reforms

The FE white paper included more than 30 proposals but the majority repeat or build on current reforms rather…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DWP Kickstart gateway firms approved by algorithm, with no trading history or based abroad

[UPDATE: Five days after publication of this article, the DWP got in touch to say that they use human…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford

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Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill
Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor