News Spending review: £291m to ‘maintain’ FE base rate and £83m for growing number of 16-19s The funding base rate for 16 to 19-year-olds is set to remain at £4,188 in 2021-22 following a £291… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Crumbs: Spending review extends apprenticeship employer incentives by just two months A two-month extension is set to be applied to the government’s cash bonus scheme for hiring apprentices in tomorrow’s… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News Highbury College agrees merger partner A crisis-hit college has agreed to merge with a neighbouring sixth form college as it continues its road to… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y Sponsored BTEC Awards 2021 | CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE BTEC AWARDS! 24/11/2020 Download Feature, News Exclusive Are lifelong learner accounts back on the cards? The government is flirting with the language of learner power reminiscent of an old New Labour policy. Jess Staufenberg… Jess Staufenberg 4y Jess Staufenberg 4y News AoC calls for adult funding boost ahead of spending review Funding rates for adult learners must be raised to the same level as 16 to 19-year-olds to ensure courses… Billy Camden 4y Billy Camden 4y News WorldSkills: UK beats China in first virtual pressure test The UK’s elite squad of skilled young people in electronics has beaten their Chinese counterparts in this country’s first… Fraser Whieldon 4y Fraser Whieldon 4y News Exclusive DfE hiring spree for Covid response A huge recruitment drive has been launched at the Department for Education to aid its response to Covid-19, with… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Adult education budget tender delayed again An upcoming tender for the national adult education budget has been delayed – again. The Education and Skills Funding… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive ESFA to audit university apprenticeships, from April Universities that deliver apprenticeships will be subject to Education and Skills Funding Agency funding audits for the first time… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Revealed: The sectors excluded from PM’s new ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ Major parts of the economy will see level 3 qualifications in their sector excluded from the new Lifetime Skills… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News MPs launch inquiry into prison education A new inquiry into the challenges faced in prison education has been launched by the parliamentary education select committee…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 808 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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
