News Education committee chair urges chancellor to increase core FE funding The chair of education select committee has urged the chancellor to “look very carefully” at the core level of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ministers lobby for change in UTC admission age The government is lobbying those in charge of controversial university technical colleges to move away from recruitment at 14,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Six more apprenticeship providers banned from taking new recruits Six more poor-performing apprenticeship providers have been barred from taking on new starts – bringing the total up to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News IfA consulting on content for three new T-level pathways The Institute for Apprenticeships is seeking input from providers, awarding organisations and employers on the draft content for three… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Another boss of huge college group in financial trouble resigns with immediate effect The principal of one of the biggest college groups in the country has stepped down with immediate effect. John… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Cash-strapped merged college handed ESFA warning over ‘inadequate’ finances A recently merged college with historical cash problems has received a financial health notice to improve after the government… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Will DfE ban new apprenticeship providers with poor AEB provision in monitoring visits? Ofsted is rating adult education in their monitoring visits of new apprenticeship providers – but the government doesn’t know… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Revealed: How 3aaa spent £1.6m on sponsorship at sports clubs Crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance spent over £1.6 million of its mostly government-funded income on professional sports sponsorship deals. One… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted on hunt for more apprenticeship inspectors Ofsted is on the look out to recruit 10 FE experts as inspectors while it ramps up its workforce… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted watch: A mostly positive week for FE and skills It’s been a mostly positive week for FE and skills, with one provider receiving a grade two on its… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News 3aaa co-founder embroiled in police probe resigns as chair of academy trust The co-founder of Aspire Achieve Advance has resigned from his position as chair of an academy trust, after the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Colleges to march on parliament in funding protest Up to 3,000 people are expected to march on parliament on Wednesday to demand more funding for colleges. The… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 815 Older Must read 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 2w Jessica Hill 2w 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Next 3 stories 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo
