Colleges Labour snubs colleges in public sector pay awards The Advanced British Standard has also been scrapped Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo ESFA ESFA accounts: Major write-off for insolvent training provider The agency’s new boss also took a 16 per cent pay rise Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Apprenticeships Lifetime Training’s losses more than double to £21m Poor financial position in latest accounts partly caused by £5m ESFA clawback Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Ofsted, SEND Merseyside SEND college awarded first ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating Independent specialist provider with high achievement and attendance rates celebrates top marks Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Office for Students OfS independent reviewer becomes regulator’s chair HE free speech laws will also possibly be scrapped Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo News BTECs pause and review: Everything you need to know DfE to conclude review of defunding reforms by December, but Labour accused of ‘betrayal’ amid lack of long-term pause Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo SEND Eight reforms to fix ‘broken’ SEND system from councils-backed report A national regulator, greater clarity over needs, clampdown on private sector profits and ‘less adversarial’ system proposed Jack Dyson 9mo Jack Dyson 9mo Careers NEET support programme extended with £2.5m boost Careers education body receives extra cash for careers support pilot to 1,500 more young people Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo News DfE pauses post-16 qualifications reform and BTEC defunding Bridget Phillipson confirms government will review the controversial plans by the end of the year – but only 2024… Billy Camden 9mo FE Week Reporter 9mo Skills reform Slash tuition fees to £6k to fix tertiary system ‘bias’, says think tank Final EDSK report sets out roadmap to a more coherent post-18 education system Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Election 2024, Politics Meet the ministers: Starmer’s first DfE lineup confirmed Janet Daby will represent skills, FE and HE in the House of Commons Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Higher education HE regulator puts 3 colleges on notice Croydon, Burnley and Blackburn colleges criticised for poor degree student outcomes Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Newer 1 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Next 3 stories 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
