Colleges Pay deal ends two-year dispute at north east college group Both staff and the college group appear happy with the deal Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Apprenticeships, Skills reform Give employers tax relief on training, say Lords The model could unlock over £1 billion in employer investment in training, estimates suggest Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Prison education Education at ‘neglected’ prison fails to improve Despite improving English and maths provision, many prisoners still lack access to a ‘suitable curriculum’ Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Colleges Planned ‘elite’ sixth forms in doubt as review launched Controversial free school sixth plans could be among those now up for ‘value for money’ review FE Week Reporter 6mo FE Week Reporter 6mo News SEG chief Eeles suspended pending investigation External investigation follows ‘new information’ after Eeles’ resignation Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Adult education Trailblazing apprentice and ESOL innovator make London awards shortlist Mayor of London to celebrate inspirational Londoners and providers for their contributions to adult learning FE Week Reporter 6mo FE Week Reporter 6mo Colleges, DfE ITP pulls out of national college spin-off The National College Creative Industries brand and its world class training centre have been handed to South Essex College Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Long read Investigation Crisis in schools creates a NEET problem for FE to solve Jessica Hill examines the triggers and FE solutions as worsening school absenteeism piles pressure on colleges to provide lower- level post-16 courses Jessica Hill 6mo Jessica Hill 6mo Skills England Skills England penned in by DfE capture, say critics In-housing skills could damage credibility with employers Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo Ofqual Scots regulator rapped over building site safety malpractice Ofqual found a failure to ‘rigorously’ investigate malpractice at the Scottish regulator and awarding body’s assessment centres in England Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Pay Long read Could an FE review body finally end teacher pay snubs? Sector leaders are discussing how a pay review body could close the salary gap between school and FE teachers Anviksha Patel 6mo Anviksha Patel 6mo Apprenticeships Starts fell for most apprenticeships after ‘exceptional’ funding review Care worker apprenticeships dived the most Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo Newer 1 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 802 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo 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 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
