News College paid £3.5m dividend following Saudi venture exit A college exploring merger options has used a multi-million-pound exit dividend from an international venture to make a staff… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Lockdown letdown: Union slams decision not to close colleges A teaching union has accused the government of putting staff and student safety “at risk” by keeping colleges open… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Apprenticeship assessment flexibilities extended Special measures that have enabled 25,000 apprentices to complete their end-point assessment during the Covid-19 pandemic will be retained… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: DfE publishes FE Covid guidance for November lockdown Colleges and training providers should continue to deliver education for 16 to 19-year-olds on site during the new national… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Winners of the 2020 Festival of Learning awards announced A mother bullied out of school aged 13, and an agency which fights serious and organised crime nationwide are among… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Highbury College appoints permanent chair as merger option explored A college that has been led by a troubleshooting interim chair for almost a year has appointed a permanent… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News WorldSkills competitions in China and France postponed by a year The next two WorldSkills competitions, set to take place in Shanghai in China in 2021 and Lyon in France… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Eight more T Level qualifications put out to tender Awarding organisations are being sought to develop T Levels in areas such as media, animal care, and hair and… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y News Fears growing number of 16-19s will stretch budgets this year Fears are growing that the government’s FE funding boost for this year will not be sufficient to cover an… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted ‘visits’ to go online during national lockdown Ofsted has confirmed it will undertake school and FE provider visits “remotely” during the national lockdown. In a Twitter… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Devolve greater skills funding powers for Covid-19 recovery, government urged The government has been urged to devolve more skills funding to mayoral combined authorities to allow them to develop… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News New Careers and Enterprise Company CEO named The founder and headteacher of a “nationally recognised” school in east London is the new chief executive of the… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 818 Older Must read Colleges, Long read 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 2d Jessica Hill 2d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo