News Saltash to lose campus as Cornwall College desperate to save millions A large college group in the south west is to sell-off a 35-year-old campus in order to balance the… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Young carers’ bursaries plummet, as union blames complexity in claiming Take-up of bursaries that support young parents while they study has tumbled by over three-fifths in five years –… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Former Tory policy chief to advise Gavin Williamson at DfE Former Conservative Party researcher and policy chief Innes Taylor has been appointed as a special adviser at the Department… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Debt to be written off for 300 loans learners Loans for nearly 300 learners worth more than half a million pounds will be written off by the Student… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Illegal apprenticeship wages on the rise Almost a fifth of level 2 and 3 apprentices are being paid below the national minimum wage – as… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Outstanding’ start to the new year for specialist college A specialist college retained its ‘outstanding’ grade while seven providers received grade twos in a good week for FE…. Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive Notts ‘college’ funding terminated A multi-site “college” is to have its funding contracts terminated, after serious safeguarding failures were exposed in a damning… Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu 6y News Exclusive London mayor seeks to reassure private providers over extra £77 for English and math quals The mayor of London has attempted to reassure private providers they won’t miss out on extra English and maths… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Police probe into 3aaa abandoned as ESFA pledges ‘tighter monitoring’ The police have dropped their criminal investigation against Aspire Achieve Advance (3aaa) – although the Insolvency Service continues its… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive Government commissioned college finance review to slam ESFA A government commissioned review is set to heavily criticise the Education and Skills Funding Agency and their intervention regime… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News DfE plans for all ‘outstanding’ providers to be inspected over next five years Gavin Williamson has vowed to send Ofsted inspectors into every ‘outstanding’ training provider in England within five years, as… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Leaked FE Commissioner report reveals extent of HR scandal at Hull College A leaked government assessment report reveals how leaders at Hull College Group employed “close family members” and created a… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 830 Older Must read 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 5d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 5d 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo