Colleges Colleges to manage student parents’ childcare claims Portal to submit claims will be shut down from next year Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Colleges, Pay AoC makes ‘disappointing’ 2.5% pay recommendation ‘Colleges cannot afford more’ according to the sector body Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Skills England DfE launches Skills England CEO job advert £130k role will be below director general level and post-holder expected to come from inside government or business Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo CPD DfE considers more GCSE resit training for college staff Government considering extra CPD for regions with ‘higher resit levels’ Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Colleges, T Levels BGT’s Alesha’s singing the praises of ‘game changing’ T Levels The philanthropist-funded campaign hopes to boost parents’ confidence in the new qualification Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo 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 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo Colleges DfE deploys surveyors and planes to assess every college campus Condition data will be used to determine future capital budgets Shane Chowen 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo 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 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo 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 7mo Billy Camden 7mo 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 7mo Shane Chowen 7mo 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 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo News Ex-UKCES CEO to chair London college group Michael Davis will replace Alastair Da Costa at Capital City College FE Week Reporter 7mo FE Week Reporter 7mo Newer 1 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
