Colleges, Politics 172 college leaders make collective investment plea to chancellor Principals warn economic growth will be stifled without greater funding to build the FE workforce Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo WorldSkills WorldSkills UK national finals will move to Wales in 2025 South Wales to host national event for the first time Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Colleges 40 extra hours policy ‘helpful’ for 3 in 5 colleges, report suggests But researchers warn they cannot accurately measure compliance Anviksha Patel 7mo Anviksha Patel 7mo Higher education OfS dishes out further £14m for level 6 degree apprenticeships expansion Comes a week after the government revealed plans to restrict level 7 apprenticeships Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Politics Phillipson tells school pay review body to consider FE impact Education secretary appears to namecheck further education workforce for first time in STRB remit letter Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Apprenticeships, T Levels Just over half of T Level students satisfied with course, DfE survey reveals Most common reasons for apprentice dropouts and levels of OTJ compliance also revealed Josh Mellor 7mo Josh Mellor 7mo News Brokers fail to raise SME awareness or starts in DfE apprenticeship pilot Officials urged to explore other ways of engaging small and medium employers Billy Camden 7mo Billy Camden 7mo Colleges 21-year-old unfair college dismissal claim is ‘just too late’ Case against London college group thrown out for unlikelihood of fair hearing Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo DfE, Skills bootcamps DfE boosted early bootcamp payments after provider complaints Performance targets were described as ‘unrealistic’ Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo Prison education Prisons ‘lack resources’ for inmates to learn their way to liberty Ministers are considering linking prison education to early release for the second time in a decade Josh Mellor 8mo Josh Mellor 8mo Pensions Treasury plans to extend pensions deal to colleges FE bodies to consult members on extending public pension guarantee to colleges Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Colleges Pat Carvalho announced as new AoC president She will take over from Corrienne Peasgood on October 16 Anviksha Patel 8mo Anviksha Patel 8mo Newer 1 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 806 Older Must read 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
