News Meet the Government’s college finance Tsar who – like the NAO – will review DfE monitoring The Government today announced Dame Mary Ney will lead a review into the way the Department for Education monitors… Nick Linford 6y Nick Linford 6y News Ofsted watch: ‘Reasonable’ week for many new providers Ofsted has reported a number of new apprenticeship providers have made ‘reasonable progress’ in early monitoring visits, according to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Picture highlights from closing medal ceremony See the victories of Team UK’s medal winners in this series of spectacular photos from the WorldSkills 2019 medal… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: UK wins 15 medallions of excellence Team UK has taken home 15 medallions of excellence from WorldSkills 2019. The medallions are earned by competitors who… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK bringing home haul of medals Team UK will be loading down its aircraft home with a haul of gold, silver and bronze medals. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Team UK flying high after gold in aircraft maintenance Team UK has scored a gold medal in aircraft maintenance, thanks to the efforts of competitor Haydn Jakes. The… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019: Rebecca West picks up gold medal for beauty therapy Team UK has achieved a gold medal in beauty therapy for competitor Rebecca West. The achievement means Britain retains… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Skills for Care quits official quality assurance role for apprenticeships Skills for Care is to scrap their adult care external quality assurance service (ACEQUAS) to apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations,… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills closing and medal ceremony | watch it live here Watch the WorldSkills 2019 medal ceremony live here from 5pm (UK time) today, and see Russian president Vladimir Putin… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Deputy FE commissioner appointed as DfE struggle to find advisers The Department for Education’s latest recruitment drive for the office of the FE Commissioner has led to the appointment… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 4: Team UK rallies together as they cross the finishing line Team UK is finishing WorldSkills 2019 with thunderous applause and deafening cheers from a caravan of supporters. A crowd… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News WorldSkills 2019 day 3: Thomas flush with success as he steams past the finish line Team UK’s plumbing and heating competitor Thomas Thomas has this afternoon finished his tests. Hear from plumber Thomas Thomas… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y Newer 1 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 811 Older Must read 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
