Sponsored post Sponsored Colleges should seize ‘digital renewal’ to reimagine the student experience for the new normal With online enrolment and hybrid learning environments set to become ‘the new norm’ from September 2020, students are left… Bridget Stockdale 5y Bridget Stockdale 5y News ESFA director of funding poached by Cabinet Office The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s first overall director of funding – appointed just last year to oversee a… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Gavin Williamson’s speech on FE reform: The full text Hello. It is a great pleasure to be here with you today and I’d like to thank not only… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government to reveal plans this autumn to create an employer led ‘German-style’ FE system Education secretary Gavin Williamson will today pledge that the upcoming White Paper for further education will lead to a… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE will allow adults to return to class from next Monday Colleges and training providers can welcome back “priority” adult learners from July 13, the Department for Education has announced… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News ‘Kickstarter’ young employees cannot also be apprentices, Treasury confirms Young people who take part in the government’s £2 billion “kickstart” scheme cannot also be apprentices, the Treasury has… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Speed read: What the chancellor’s summer statement promised for FE and skills Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a summer statement today in which he outlined the government’s “plan for jobs” to tackle… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Extra £101m for school and college leavers to return for a third year The government has pledged £101 million to give all 18 to 19 year olds who are struggling to find… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Chancellor announces ‘brand-new bonus for businesses to hire apprentices’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a “brand new bonus” for employers to hire apprentices over the next six months…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE scraps T-level subject after employers express ‘viability and deliverability concerns’ The rollout of T-levels has taken another slip after the government canned a subject and delayed the start of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE Commissioner tells MPs he thinks dozens of colleges could run out of cash next year There are 30 to 40 colleges “at risk of running out of cash” following the coronavirus crisis, the FE… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Chancellor expected to reveal sliding scale of employer cash incentives to boost apprenticeships The chancellor is set to announce a sliding scale of cash incentives for employers to take on both young… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 813 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