News Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked The shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for Starmer… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Pearson unveils 2020 BTEC award winners in its first ever online awards ceremony The winners of Pearson’s tenth annual BTEC Awards are being announced in a ceremony this afternoon which is taking… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Apprenticeship starts continue to plummet since lockdown, new data reveals Apprenticeship starts have dropped by almost half since lockdown compared to the same period last year, according to new… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive College to axe 107 jobs after ‘short-sighted’ DfE rejects Covid support plea A college in Yorkshire is to make over 100 staff redundant and its principal has branded the government “short-sighted”… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College sector could lose £2bn out of £7bn next year, claims AoC boss Total income across colleges in England could fall by £2 billion next year as the “enormous impact” of Covid-19… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Social Mobility Commission finds apprenticeship system ‘failing’ young disadvantaged people The apprenticeships system is “failing” young disadvantaged people and needs “decisive” government action to stop it from becoming worse,… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Cross-party group of MPs urge education secretary to include 16-19s in £1bn Covid catch-up plan A cross-party group of MPs has written to Gavin Williamson today urging him “to extend eligibility for the Covid… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News EU students to be barred from FE loans next year Students from the European Union will lose eligibility for advanced learner loans from August next year, the government confirmed… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE colleges to fully reopen in September is the ‘intention’, says PM It is the government’s “intention” to get colleges “back in September”, the prime minister said today after announcing that… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Treasury excluded colleges from £1bn catch-up fund just hours before DfE announcement It was the Treasury’s decision to pull colleges from the Department for Education’s £1 billion Covid-19 catch-up plan, FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Revealed: The 22 areas sharing £2m in careers hubs funding Almost 900 additional schools and colleges will join the government’s careers hubs from September as the programme expands with… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ESFA finally reveals Covid financial support offer for 16-19 private training providers Private training providers whose recruitment of 16 to 19 students has been “limited” due to Covid-19 have been offered… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 804 Older Must read 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 3mo Shane Chowen 3mo