News Exclusive Up to £80m of unspent national retraining scheme cash on its way back to Treasury The Department for Education could be forced to hand back up to £80 million to the Treasury after closing… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE consults on scrapping quals competing with T Levels by 2023 The government has moved a step closer to removing funding for applied general qualifications, such as BTECs, that compete… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Share the Love award-winner announced as Colleges Week celebrates the sector The winner of the Share the Love (Our Colleges) competition has been announced by the Association of Colleges as… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Government researchers call for financial incentive to assess apprentices’ prior learning The government has been urged by their own researchers to stump up funding for assessing prior learning in apprenticeships,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News, Opinion, Sponsored post Sponsored We cannot lose sight of the long-term unemployed (sponsored) In October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the unemployment rate in the UK continues to increase… Victoria Boyle 5y DAN HOWARD 5y News Exclusive Federation of Awarding Bodies appoints a pair of chairs Two well-known sector leaders have been appointed as the new co-chairs of the Federation of Awarding Bodies. Kirstie Donnelly,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The top 100 apprenticeship employers The British Army has been named the best apprentice employer in England in a new list of ‘Top 100 Apprentice Employers’ published… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News DfE seeks Parliamentary Bill team ahead of ‘ambitious’ FE white paper The Department for Education is assembling a new team of legislators to implement education secretary Gavin Williamson’s “ambitious vision”… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Ofsted publishes first 10 ‘interim visit’ letters for FE providers Ofsted has this morning published the letters from its first 10 “interim visits” of FE providers that are taking… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Management clear-out planned for college running on emergency cash A college surviving on bailout funding is seeking to balance the books with a management clear-out. Twenty managers who… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News CBI calls time on ‘failed’ apprenticeship levy A major business representative group has called on the government to end its “failed experiment” of the apprenticeship levy. … Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Sponsored New Esports BTEC a game-changer (sponsored) The billion-dollar market for competitive video gaming is continuing to rise, with new jobs requiring fresh talent. And it’s… Shane Mann 5y Shane Mann 5y Newer 1 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 808 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
