News Financial auditors conclude former principal’s expenses failed public money test The controversial expenses racked up by Highbury College’s former principal were “not in line” with value for money rules… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Highbury College given £1.5m emergency bailout to stay afloat A college rocked by an expenses scandal has been saved by a £1.5 million government bailout after its new… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Minister forces all employers to drop PhD apprenticeship plans The skills minister has rejected all plans for PhD-level apprenticeships after concluding that funding them from the levy would… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News £100m NHS apprenticeship tender for level 2 administrators despite framework switch off The NHS is to spend up to £100 million on delivering a tailored level 2 apprenticeship for administrators. From… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AoC calls for £3.6bn post-pandemic skills package The government should set aside an extra £3.6 billion to upskill the “764,000 people most at risk” post-Covid-19, according… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News New free digital skills qualifications given ESFA green light but Ofqual proving a barrier The government has confirmed that free digital skills qualifications for adults will finally be launched from August 1 –… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Another 18 schools and colleges named as ‘edtech demonstrators’ The government has announced another 18 schools and colleges handed up to £150,000 each to become “edtech demonstrators”. They… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Ofsted to publish paused inspection reports from next week Ofsted will begin publishing the inspection reports that were held back because of the coronavirus pandemic from next week…. Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Coronavirus covered: Coupland in conversation with FE Week FE Week was joined by Jennifer Coupland, chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), during… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 5y News Exclusive Frustration builds as Ofsted refuses to inspect paused providers The indefinite pausing of Ofsted inspections could force an apprenticeship provider to make redundancies, its managing director has told… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE scraps provider quality criteria in final phase of T-level roll out The requirement for colleges and other training providers to be rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted to deliver T-levels… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News T-levels: The providers selected to run courses in 2022 The names of a further 88 colleges, training providers and schools chosen to deliver T-levels in the third wave… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y Newer 1 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 813 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
