News Skills minister backs Trip Advisor-style rating of trainers over Ofsted inspections Allowing employers and apprentices to give “smiley faces” as reviews of training providers is a better indicator of quality… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News IfA loses funding rate review battle but uncertainty drags on An employer group that won an appeal over the Institute for Apprenticeships’ handling of funding rate recommendations is still waiting for a final decision,… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Ofsted criticised for delaying 3aaa inspection despite multiple warning signs Ofsted delayed inspecting the beleaguered Aspire Achieve Advance for years despite its achievement rates plummeting when apprentice numbers nearly… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Dame Asha WILL stay on the IfA board despite West Notts resignation Dame Asha Khemka remains a “valued” Institute for Apprenticeships board member and will not be leaving the role, despite… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Crisis-hit 3aaa up for quick sale – with government support Beleaguered apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance has put itself up for sale with the government’s backing. The decision has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News IfA silent on support for board member Dame Asha following resignation The Institute for Apprenticeships has refused to say if it is backing its board member Dame Asha Khemka, after… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Decision on management apprenticeship funding bands delayed following employers’ appeal Three controversial management standards are not among those to have their final funding bands confirmed by the Institute for… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News IfA funding band review: 12 of 31 standards signed off by education secretary Final funding bands for 12 of the standards that were part of the Institute for Apprenticeships’ review have been… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Damian Hinds: Full text of Conservative Conference 2018 speech Damian Hinds addressed the Conservative party conference in Birmingham yesterday in a speech which included extra funding for T-levels,… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Revealed: The 21 colleges that will share £40m Maths Centres of Excellence cash The names of the 21 colleges selected to receive funding as Maths Centres of Excellence have been revealed. The… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Hinds reveals £38m T-levels capital funding boost The education secretary will announce a £38 million capital funding boost for schools and colleges in the first wave… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Milton bashes unions for lack of FE focus in fight for funding The skills minister has had a “big go” at the country’s largest education union for focusing on schools at… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 809 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 4w Billy Camden 4w 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 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
