T Levels

Payments fail to solve T Level work placement problem

Latest incentive scheme flops as training providers hand back nearly £4 million

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Searching for a hire power

High vacancy rates continue to blight FE, with courses scrapped and agency costs soaring. We examine teacher recruitment problems…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Politics, Skills reform

Trott leads charge against IfATE bill in the Commons

Attacks on Skills England’s proximity to ministers and lack of accountability to parliament also came from Labour benches

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Ofsted

‘Outstanding’ grade upheld for engineering ITP

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training Association Limited receives top marks for the second time in a row

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Ofsted

Joyce quits Ofsted for college leadership role

The watchdog’s FE chief is ‘delighted’ to join a midlands college leadership team in the summer

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Adult education, Budget

Providers denied in-year adult ed growth cash

The government claims devolution and high delivery rates this year mean it has less funding to spare

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor


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
Billy Camden
Ofsted

Car-crash Ofsted report for motor industry trainer

New owners got the Ofsted call nearly two months after taking over online apprenticeship provider

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Employment

Young NEETs approaches 1m

The figures will continue to rise without ‘drastic change’, experts warn

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Higher education

Phillipson picks Peck as Office for Students chair

The vice chancellor previously argued for new ‘applied universities’ to lead on higher technical skills training

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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Ofsted

Ofsted to trial inspection proposals with 240 ‘visits’

Watchdog sets out plans to test its proposed approach to inspection

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks

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Colleges, 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
Jessica Hill
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
Jessica Hill
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