News Exclusive Colleges call for change to GCSE ranking plans for huge cohorts Colleges are calling on Ofqual to relax plans for ranking GCSE students within each grade this summer, as doing… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Talks underway to extend apprenticeship frameworks cut-off date The cut-off date for starts on old-style apprenticeships, known as frameworks, could be extended, the chief operating officer of… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive More apprenticeship disappointment as DfE confirms some non-levy to be ineligible for supplier relief Apprenticeships with small businesses funded via an employer transfer or that have recently transitioned onto the government’s digital system… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News AELP turns to lawyers after minister claims apprenticeship providers ineligible for supplier relief The Association of Employment and Learning Providers will seek formal legal advice to challenge the government’s decision to exclude… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Minister tells MPs over 1,000 apprenticeship providers will not be given any supplier relief More than 1,000 apprenticeship providers that only train levy-paying employers will not be eligible for supplier relief support from… martin buckner 5y martin buckner 5y News FE needs an independent pay panel, says report An independent panel for FE pay should be formed to help fix the disparity between technical lecturer salaries and… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE fears not all providers able to submit funding data The monthly data return to claim FE funding, known as the individualised learner record (ILR), need only be returned… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE to launch online portal for colleges to apply for free student laptops Thousands of disadvantaged students across the country are being offered free laptops and tablets to continue learning at home… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y AEB DfE concedes AEB and apprenticeship funded providers ‘may be eligible for support’ in new guidance Adult education and apprenticeship funded training providers “may be eligible for support” in line with the Cabinet Office’s supplier… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News DfE publishes furlough rules for colleges and training providers The government has this evening published their rules for furloughing staff for colleges and training providers. Here they are… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News NHS opens coronavirus testing sites on college car parks College car parks are being transformed into coronavirus testing centres for NHS and care sector workers. Hopwood Hall College,… Billy Camden 5y Billy Camden 5y News Exclusive Revealed: Training providers supporting new Nightingale hospital Two midlands-based independent training providers have rushed to the aid of the region’s new coronavirus hospital. Performance Through People… Fraser Whieldon 5y Fraser Whieldon 5y Newer 1 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 813 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
