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 1 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 3w Shane Chowen 3w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
