News Select committee chair and skills minister clash over Spending Review strategy The skills minister and the chair of the education select committee were at loggerheads this morning after Anne Milton… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Short-term fix found for gap in apprenticeship quality assurance arrangements The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has reached a deal with the organisation that has delivered external quality… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Minimum standards to be scrapped as part of earlier and stronger intervention regime The Education and Skills Funding Agency is going to scrap its minimum standards policy as part of an earlier… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News New ‘triggers’ for government intervention in colleges revealed Colleges that experience “serious” cash flow pressures, breach bank covenants, or have significantly delayed accounts will be placed into… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Ofsted watch: Mixed results for FE providers It has been a varied week in the FE sector, with three providers receiving ‘good’ grades from Ofsted while… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive Alert raised on the high volume of ‘tie-breaks’ in latest ESF tendering process Further questions are being asked about the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s recent European Social Fund tender, after FE… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y News Funding clawback for college at risk of cash crisis A college already in financial difficulty is being forced to pay back nearly £1 million to the government as… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Blow your own trumpet and shake off your victim mentality, providers told FE providers have been urged to “blow their own trumpet more” after research found they have developed a “victim… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive IfA chief ‘stepping down’, claims headhunters The chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) will step down when his contract is… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News Exclusive ‘Serious concern’ as training provider cashes in on controversial management consultancy apprenticeship A member of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has “serious concerns” about the government allocating one provider up to… Fraser Whieldon 6y Fraser Whieldon 6y News AAC Awards 2019 winners crowned The country’s best apprenticeship providers, employers and champions have been honoured at the Annual Apprenticeship Awards 2019. More than… Jessica Fino 6y Jessica Fino 6y News Exclusive Grade one college chief executive says sorry after dodgy data exposed The chief executive of a grade one college has apologised after an audit exposed data manipulation that resulted in… Billy Camden 6y Billy Camden 6y Newer 1 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 811 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
