News Ofsted slams training for 500 apprentices at ‘world leading’ security firm A new provider that trains nearly 500 apprentices for a “world leading” security company has been rapped by Ofsted…. Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News UTC facing apprenticeship recruitment freeze after Ofsted criticism The first university technical college to receive an early monitoring visit for its apprenticeship provision has been heavily criticised… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News AoC: Replace Erasmus+ if the UK is kicked out after Brexit The government needs to pursue every avenue to stay in a Europe-wide student exchange scheme regardless the outcome of… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Record number of apprenticeships to be probed in engineering route review Fifty nine apprenticeship standards in engineering and manufacturing will be reviewed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Union to present £700m sixth form college invoice to DfE Sixth form college staff will march on the Department for Education tomorrow and hand officials an invoice for £700… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Love our colleges campaign makes its mark in the East Midlands A group of ten East Midlands college leaders met up at Chesterfield College today to celebrate this year’s national… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News AQA to pay out £1.1m for ‘serious breaches’ on exam re-marks AQA has been fined £350,000 – the largest ever handed out by Ofqual – and will compensate schools and… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Chair and principal not ‘fully aware’ of college’s ‘imminent’ risk of insolvency Moulton College is in a “perilous position” and its chair and new principal do not appear to “fully recognise”… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News ‘Significant concerns’ over Hartlepool College’s financial sustainability There are “significant concerns” about Hartlepool College of Further Education’s financial sustainability, according to one of three FE Commissioner… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News FE Commissioner passes judgement on £20m college subcontracting scandal A college faces “multiple, difficult and high-risk” challenges after being rocked by a £20 million subcontracting scandal which has… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Vision express: how FE policy has wasted billions As Gavin Williamson promises to match Germany in the delivery of vocational and technical education in ten years, JL… JL Dutaut 6y JL Dutaut 6y News HMRC criticised by Ofsted for uniform apprenticeship programme The HMRC has been criticised by Ofsted for keeping hundreds of apprentices on programme for the same duration. The… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Newer 1 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 815 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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