News 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Billy Camden 6y News Exclusive 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 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y 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 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 830 Older Must read Skills reform Long read New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled Billy Camden 3d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 3d Qualifications Exclusive 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 3w Shane Chowen 3w Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo 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 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo