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Adult education slumps to lowest since major survey began more than 20 years ago

The government has been told to “wakeup” after research by the Learning and Work Institute found adult participation in…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Early win for DfE’s £5m apprenticeship marketing campaign

The government’s latest apprenticeship campaign appears to be bearing fruit after the Department for Education claimed the proportion of…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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Ofsted watch: Ex-pro footballer’s provider scores highly in positive week for providers

A provider co-founded by former Crystal Palace football striker Dougie Freedman has been rated ‘outstanding’ in some areas, in…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
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ESFA to demand actual off-the-job training hour data for every apprentice

Yet another data field for logging apprentices’ off-the-job training hours will be introduced to individual learner records (ILR) from…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Large employers lose access to £96 million of apprenticeship funding in just two months

Employers lost access to £44 million of their apprenticeship levy funds in July, and £52 million in August, the…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Nearly 300 jobs lost as college group officially downsizes

One of England’s largest college groups is officially closing down its two private training providers – meaning nearly 300…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


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College calls in the police after principal targeted by ‘ethical hacker’

Police have been called in after a college’s principal was targeted in a malicious hack in which fraudsters allegedly…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

College celebrity cookery school business calls in the administrators

A cookery school run by the Hadlow Group and celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager has closed, after the group’s two…

Fraser Whieldon
Fraser Whieldon
News

Reviewer of college financial oversight ‘welcomes’ sector views after ESFA blunder

College leaders are being asked for their views on the ESFA’s oversight of financial management – after the FE…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Meet the unpaid temporary minister helping cover the FE brief

The Department for Education has announced that Michelle Donelan will take over Kemi Badenoch’s brief as she goes on…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Spending review: Extra £10m for ESOL courses

An additional £10 million will be released by the Treasury to teach English to those who speak it as…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

DfE launching T-level campaign next month as over half of parents haven’t heard of them

The government’s effort to raise awareness of T-levels has been criticised after new research found three in five parents…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden

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Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
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
Jessica Hill
Long read, Prison education

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
Jessica Hill