News DfE begins search for provider of £80m T-level support programme The government is on the hunt for an organisation to design and deliver the second phase of a professional… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Revealed: The 3 colleges that will share £1.2m to open centres for excellence in SEND Three colleges have been chosen to open centres for excellence in special educational needs and disabilities. City College Norwich,… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Minister ‘thrilled’ with Traineeship progressions despite steady decline in take-up The skills minister has hailed the success of traineeships after research revealed 75 per cent of learners move on… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Edexcel further maths A-level paper replaced amid cheating concerns An A-level paper due to be sat by thousands of students this Thursday is to be replaced amid concerns… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Amidst low take-up predictions DfE to give £30k per T-level and ‘tolerance’ for under-delivery The first wave of T-level providers are expected to recruit half the amount of students the government predicts, research… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News T-levels: The colleges selected to run courses in 2021 The names of the 64 colleges chosen to deliver T-levels in the second wave of their roll out have… Simon Kay 6y Simon Kay 6y News Interview: Chris Jones, CEO, City & Guilds Last month, education giant City & Guilds raised a few eyebrows by calling for the creation of a new… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Ofsted watch: Universities falter while colleges shine Universities have stumbled this week, with one being rated ‘requires improvement’ and another losing its grade one, while colleges… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News DfE seeks company for £20m contract to supply sanitary products to colleges The government will spend up to £20 million supplying free sanitary products to schools and colleges across England, it… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Small employers finally invited onto the apprenticeships system – but only those already accessing non-levy funding The Education and Skills Funding Agency has officially begun inviting non-levy employers and providers to test its digital apprenticeship… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive IfA to ‘optimise’ apprenticeship EQA system The Institute for Apprenticeships has called for the assistance of the government’s exams and HE watchdogs in devising an… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News No mega-merger for Cornwall College after securing £30m bailout Cash-strapped Cornwall College Group has secured a £30 million government bailout to drive forward its “fresh start” business plan,… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 815 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo