News Budget 2021: What the chancellor announced for FE and skills Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his spring budget today and confirmed a number of new investments for the FE and… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Watchdog fears public bodies will avoid statistical models following exam grading backlash Public bodies may be “less willing” to use statistical models to support decisions in future after the system to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Sponsored Escape from the lockdown with the AELP Spring Conference 2021 Just 10 days after the official return to learning, the AELP Spring Conference 2021 on Thursday, 18 March has… Shane Mann 4y Shane Mann 4y News East London UTC’s future ‘uncertain’ as DfE fails to approve expansion The future of another university technical college (UTC) hangs in the balance despite receiving emergency funding. East London UTC… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News Employer cash incentives to double to £3,000 for adult apprentices The cash bonus scheme for hiring apprentices aged 25 and over is set to double to £3,000 and will… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News College facing ‘uncertain future’ agrees merger partner A troubled college is set to merge with one of the biggest college groups in the country this summer…. Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Education staff won’t be prioritised for vaccine as government continues with age-based approach School and college staff will not be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine over other workers in the next phase… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Exclusive College handed emergency cash as merger hits a second delay An embattled sixth-form college being propped up by a £3 million bailout has seen its merger delayed for a… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News ‘Bureaucratic’ process for adding courses to level 3 lifetime skills guarantee offer slammed One of the country’s largest manufacturing sectors has hit out at the “frustrating” and “bureaucratic” process of adding courses… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Covid-19 Delay to Covid-19 testing for providers branded ‘madness’ The government has failed to explain why private training providers will need to wait until the end of next… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Functional skills barrier removed for ‘eligible apprentices’ from today The government has finally reintroduced a flexibility that allows apprentices to take their end-point assessment (EPA) before their English… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Ofsted monitoring inspections paused for week of colleges’ return Ofsted will pause its remote monitoring inspections for the week beginning March 8 to allow schools and colleges to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Newer 1 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 821 Older Must read Colleges, Long read 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo