News AAC Awards 2020 finalists revealed The national finalists of the 2020 AAC Apprenticeship Awards have been announced. Forty-four organisations and individuals have been shortlisted… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Loan scandal victims still waiting for debts to be cancelled The government has admitted to not contacting any of the hundreds of FE loan scandal victims despite having the… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News General election results full of drama see Johnson return with huge majority Gordon Marsden and Anne Milton were two high profile FE casualties as the Conservatives secured a 80 seat majority… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden loses seat Labour’s shadow skills minister Gordon Marsden has lost the battle to keep his parliamentary seat. Marsden lost out to… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Surprise £10m deficit fault of ‘inept’ staff, says college boss “Genuine ineptness” has led to a surprise £10 million deficit at a large London college group, its chief executive… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News IfATE board ‘stressed need’ for better way of setting funding rates The board of the government’s apprenticeship agency has “stressed” the need for a funding band methodology that “works, is… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News College delivers TV Christmas to local pensioner Oldham College learners have teamed up with BBC Breakfast to deliver a Christmas tree and a carol concert to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News UK competitor appointed to WorldSkills Champions Trust A Team UK competitor has been appointed to the international WorldSkills Champions Trust, making him its sole representative from… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News The 8 concerns researchers found at approved T-level providers The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has today published its second research report into T-levels. It follows a… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News, Sponsored post Sponsored Pearson launches new Learning Hub Pearson has launched its latest digital venture in the form of a brand-new Learning Hub. Pearson Learning Hub, which… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News SFC delays Diamond payout report till January A report into an influential college commission chair’s controversial payout from an ex-employer will be released in the New… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: 4 ‘insufficient progress’ verdicts in mixed week for FE A software firm and three providers working in the care sector have been heavily criticised by Ofsted, in a… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 819 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo