News Principal defends college merger facilitated by £30 million bailout Merging with a college that was “struggling for financial survival” and required a £30 million bailout from the government… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News DfE commission research to review high prices for apprentices with prior learning The government is looking into whether apprenticeship delivery is being adjusted to account for apprentices’ prior learning, a sign… Fraser Whieldon 7y Fraser Whieldon 7y News Exclusive FE bosses criticise ‘ridiculous variability’ of external quality assurance charges Sector leaders have hit out at the “ridiculous variability” in approved external quality assurance charges, ranging from a free… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Providers turning apprentices away as non-levy cash dries up Training providers’ non-levy funding is running dry and some are even having to turn apprentices away – but the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Finalists announced for AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 The national finalists of the AAC Apprenticeship Awards 2019 have been unveiled. More than 350 entries were submitted from… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Minister places college in administered status as FE Commissioner exposes ‘historical’ corporate failure A college was placed in administered status at the end of January after the FE Commissioner found it was… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive The Open University teams up with colleges to offer free functional skills courses A scheme to provide free functional skills courses online is being launched by The Open University in partnership with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News FE Commissioner reports published for 3 struggling colleges Three struggling colleges have had FE Commissioner intervention reports published today. Among them was one for North Hertfordshire College,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE to scrap FE teacher bursary programme The government is to scrap FE teacher bursaries, in a move that has been described as a “slap in… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Troubled college ‘determined to secure long-term future’ ahead of FE Commissioner report A land-based college that was rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted for the second time in a row last year has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA warns it could trigger college insolvencies with adult education budget claw-back The government is encouraging under-performing colleges to reduce their 2018/19 adult education budget now, to avoid cash flow problems… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Starts suspended at mysterious apprenticeship provider after ESFA launches investigation The Education and Skills Funding Agency has suspended starts at an apprenticeship firm with multimillion-pound subcontracting deals while it… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 830 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 2d Billy Camden and Shane Chowen 2d 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
