News Exclusive Shrewsbury college loses grade 4 battle with Ofsted A college accused of serious safeguarding failures has failed to overturn an ‘inadequate’ judgment following a second visit from… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive BMet sells Stourbridge campus for just £3.55m A college campus that was controversially closed last summer has been sold for £3.55 million, just five years after… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Entrepreneur tops MBA apprenticeship table with £3m starts in September The controversial level 7 senior leader apprenticeship has again hit the headlines in recent days, after the education… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Broker offering subcontracting deal for ‘completed’ 16-18 sport trainees A learner find firm is attempting to broker a subcontracting deal for 16 to 18-year-old trainees who have already… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Cashing in on MBA apprentices: CMI income rockets as CEO pockets £66,500 bonus It is boom time at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), a charity with a turnover last year of £15… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News UK colleges remain open in Coronavirus ‘delay’ phase as France and Ireland set to close Closing schools and colleges at this stage in the spread of the coronavirus epidemic could do “more harm than… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minister promises ‘significant funding’ in ‘coming year’ for SME apprenticeships, claims AELP New skills minister Gillian Keegan has pledged “significant funding” for additional small business apprenticeships in the “coming year”, the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Revealed: DfE finds small employers now account for just 27% of apprenticeship starts The Department for Education has this morning published “analysis looking at the impact of the introduction of the apprenticeship… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Treasury pours cold water on hopes for extra SME apprenticeship funding Hopes for new apprenticeship funding have been swiftly crushed after the Treasury confirmed that today’s budget offers no extra… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Budget DOES include manifesto promise of extra £4bn of FE funding in England The chancellor has confirmed the Conservative manifesto commitments for FE, including a £1.5 billion boost to upgrade college buildings… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Coronavirus: ‘Break in learning’ rule suspended for affected apprentices The government will allow apprentices to have a “break in learning” if they cannot be assessed due to the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Grade 3 confirmed for London’s mega-college One of the largest college group’s in England had its grade three from Ofsted confirmed, in what was otherwise… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 839 Older Must read Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 1w Shane Chowen 1w 16-19 Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo News Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the… Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Next 3 stories Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2mo Qualifications Exclusive Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
