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 News ESFA waters down apprenticeship oversight for new providers The Education and Skills Funding Agency has softened its policy on allowing paused providers to start recruiting again. Since… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News College intervention regime resumes as AoC calls for post-Covid FE Commissioner ‘rethink’ The Association of Colleges is calling for a post-Covid-19 “rethink” of the sector’s intervention regime as the FE Commissioner… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Government urged to let adults return to class before September FE sector membership bodies have joined forces to urge the education secretary to let adults return to training before… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 818 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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
