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 News Principals sound warning on high cost of Covid safety measures College leaders have warned of spiralling Covid-19 safety costs as their membership body calls for a £70 million fund… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Speed read: The 8 apprenticeship assessment concerns according to Ofqual Ofqual has today published the findings of their initial “technical evaluations” of apprentice end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs). It covers… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Colleges announce free summer food scheme for vulnerable 16-18s Two colleges have announced they will offer free meals over the summer holidays to their most vulnerable 16-to-18-year-old students…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive How one college has adapted to welcome back more students On March 20 colleges closed their doors to most students as the country entered lockdown following the outbreak of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News FE snubbed in ‘corrected’ DfE £1bn catch-up plans The government is facing fierce criticism for snubbing colleges from its £1 billion Covid-19 “catch-up” package after appearing to… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Wages for young apprentices to be funded by Tees Valley combined authority The mayor of Tees Valley has earmarked £1 million to pay the wages of more than 100 young apprentices… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 813 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
