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 News Coronavirus: College announces two week ‘circuit breaker’ A college has announced plans to close its campus for a two week “circuit breaker” to combat rising coronavirus… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Warning that massive competition for limited traineeship funding will repeat controversial non-levy tender The traineeship tender is set to be deluged with “in excess of 3,000 bidders”, with the vast majority likely… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive DfE goes soft on apprenticeship public sector reporting rule The Department for Education looks to have relaxed the requirement for public bodies to publish their progress towards the… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Digital skills bootcamps: What are they and how will they work? The digital skills bootcamps announced with the prime minister’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee could lead to adult education budget provision… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Second wave of Institutes of Technology will feature ‘strengthened’ criteria New Institutes of Technology (IoTs) will require greater collaboration between colleges and set more ambitious student recruitment targets, FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC survey reveals SME gloom on employee skills A college representative body has marked the start of an annual celebration of the sector with a survey highlighting… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Exclusive Flagship retraining service scrapped after pilot flopped A multi-million-pound flagship national retraining service has been scrapped by the Department for Education after several mayors, including London’s,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Entire campuses will close for November GCSE resits, AoC warns Colleges in high and very high Covid-19 risk areas will be forced to close entire campuses to cater for… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News End-point assessments could be scrapped for up to 30 apprenticeships End-point assessments for around 30 apprenticeship standards could be scrapped under new plans announced today. The Institute for Apprenticeships… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 813 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
