Colleges, skills Network Rail puts halted HS2 college site back on track Few trained at the pricey, purpose-built national college building before it closed Josh Mellor 6mo Josh Mellor 6mo Colleges DfE deploys surveyors and planes to assess every college campus Condition data will be used to determine future capital budgets Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo Skills England Long read From IfATE to Skills England via DfE: What you need to know The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill explained Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts grew in the month Labour took power AELP says August and September stats more likely to show extent of perceived ‘slowdown’ as full-year 2023/24 starts flatline Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo Skills England Legislation to abolish IfATE laid in parliament Institute’s powers will transfer to DfE under the proposed legislation ahead of formation of Skills England Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo News SEG chief Paul Eeles resigns He says ‘the time is right for someone new to lead the organisation into its next phase’ FE Week Reporter 6mo FE Week Reporter 6mo News Ex-UKCES CEO to chair London college group Michael Davis will replace Alastair Da Costa at Capital City College FE Week Reporter 6mo FE Week Reporter 6mo Apprenticeships, Ofqual Ofqual issues £50k fine to EPAO but owner refuses to pay Dormant awarding body claims it is being used as a ‘sacrificial lamb’ as regulator shows off ‘fining power’ to… Billy Camden 6mo Billy Camden 6mo News DfE resumes search for antisemitism training firms £7m scheme for schools, colleges and unis was paused amid ‘stakeholder concerns’ Anviksha Patel 6mo Anviksha Patel 6mo Training Providers Training giant BPP hires Halfon Former skills minister Robert Halfon has taken on multiple advisory roles since leaving office Shane Chowen 6mo Shane Chowen 6mo Apprenticeships, Long read Long read Solicitor apprenticeships on trial: can they survive level 7 cash cull? As the government rethinking funding for level 7 apprenticeships, Jessica Hill cross-examines the promise of solicitor apprenticeships: are they… Jessica Hill 6mo Jessica Hill 6mo Colleges ‘Serious cashflow pressures’ put WCG in intervention The college group’s annual accounts are nine months late Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Newer 1 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 4w Josh Mellor 4w Next 3 stories Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
