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 News ESFA reveals major cashflow problems at mega-college in Nottingham A mega-college in Nottingham has been placed in formal FE Commissioner intervention after hitting “serious cashflow pressures”. The Education… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Gavin Williamson’s speech on lifting FE’s ‘potential’ through the white paper: The full text The education secretary has promised that the imminent FE white paper will bring an “end to getting a qualification… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College commission calls on DfE to force principals into multi-academy trust style accountability structures New legislation should force all colleges to be part of “networks” that could follow similar accountability structures as multi-academy… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News London college agrees merger after being put at ‘significant risk’ A London college which was put at “significant risk” by failures in financial management and control is seeking to… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Government set to create ‘college business centres’ New college “business centres” will be launched by the government in an effort to hand employers greater influence over… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Sponsored post Sponsored Employability must start with accessibility With the potential for even more lockdown life ahead of us, the adaptations made to the UK’s business infrastructure to remain operational seem set to remain for some time…. NCFE 5y NCFE 5y Bulletin, Movers and Shakers, News MOVERS AND SHAKERS: EDITION 333 Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Oli de Botton, Chief executive, The Careers and Enterprise Company… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Lifetime skills guarantee: Fresh setback to list of free level 3 quals The list of level 3 qualifications being fully funded for all adults under the Lifetime Skills Guarantee could take… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Further glitches in T Level rollout An update to the official list of T Level providers this week reveals several colleges cancelled courses scheduled for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 813 Older Must read 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
