Devolution Exclusive Boris’s rushed retraining scheme created huge underspend Most of the money has been quietly returned to the Treasury Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Skills bootcamps Recruitment ban as bootcamp firm Redstone probed ITP paid nearly £3 million in bootcamps funding from mayoral combined authorities Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Colleges NCG hit with £9m clawback bill after ESFA battle But finances continue to be strong while Ofsted delivered another ‘good’ judgment this month Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo T Levels Exclusive IfATE: Contract delays won’t derail gen 2 health and science T Levels Fresh awarding body licenses were due to be awarded in October Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Colleges, Ofsted ‘Life changing’ West Thames College judged ‘outstanding’ The feat means 1 in 10 GFE colleges now hold the watchdog’s highest grade Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Colleges Legrave: College interventions fall as support take-up rises Number of colleges in intervention reduced to 9 Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Colleges, Ofsted Double Ofsted ‘outstanding’ for Merseyside colleges A Catholic sixth form college and a general FE college in the area were awarded the judgment today FE Week Reporter 9mo FE Week Reporter 9mo Adult education, Ofsted Top Ofsted marks for south Yorkshire council’s adult education Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council upgraded for inspiring out of work people towards employment Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Skills reform Jennifer Coupland to leave IfATE next month ahead of closure She has led the apprenticeships and technical education quango for the past 5 years Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Ofsted Somerset college upgraded to Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Inspectors praised Bridgwater & Taunton College for commitment to creating ‘diverse and inspiring’ curriculum Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Adult education, Training Providers Exclusive SWAPs scheme for jobless achieves 40% success rate The data offers a statistical view of the scheme’s impact for the first time Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Long read, Skills reform Long read Unions could strike back with post-Tory learning fund revival Gavin Williamson blitzed it but government-backed union training could return under a new guise now Labour holds power. By… Jessica Hill 9mo Jessica Hill 9mo Newer 1 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 829 Older Must read 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 1w Shane Chowen 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w 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 Next 3 stories 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 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 5mo Billy Camden 5mo
