News Levy-lockout update: Employers lose access to £37 million from first 2 months Employers lost access to £26 million of their apprenticeship levy funds in June, the skills minister has revealed. The… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News College failing to protect vulnerable students from ‘acute risk of self-harm’, Ofsted finds A college with 200 vulnerable young learners has been warned by Ofsted its arrangements to keep students safe are… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive ETF’s chief warns of ‘crisis in leadership’ due to lack of investment The chief executive of the Education and Training Foundation has warned that FE is on the brink of a… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Apprenticeship starts for 16-18 continue to fall as level 2 cuts exceed 50 per cent Apprenticeship starts for 16- to 18-year-olds have continued to fall, and level 2 starts have dropped by more than… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive Just 7% of college principals are from a BAME background The number of colleges led by a non-white principal has fallen to a low of 7 per cent, new… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive Capital ideas: new CEO on his plans to rejuvenate finances of London mega-college A huge 5 per cent staff pay rise costing over £2 million per year was a big win for… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive FE Commissioner recommends 3-way split for Hadlow College Group The FE Commissioner has recommended that the Hadlow College Group be split-up and taken on by three colleges, FE… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News £5,000 phone bill for college boss – but still hiding cost of international flights The principal of a college engulfed in quality and financial concerns racked up a £5,000 phone and data bill… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Chair regrets merger and college is at a ‘high risk of insolvency’ St Helens College is at “high risk of insolvency” without action to mitigate its financial position following an underfunded… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE name first 37 colleges to pilot T-level transition year The colleges to take part in the first round of the phased implementation of the T-levels “transitional” course have… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Revealed: 11 T-level colleges sharing £9m to upgrade facilities The first batch of colleges that will receive cash from the government’s T-levels capital fund have been revealed. Eleven… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Shock new subcontracting rule to be phased in following sector criticism A “shock” new rule that will require thousands of subcontracting contracts to be rewritten will have a phased implementation,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 811 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
