News Greater London Authority’s adult education budget tender launched The Greater London Authority has become the first devolved area to launch a tender for its adult education budget…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Another four apprenticeship providers banned from taking new recruits Four more apprenticeship providers have been banned from taking on new starts after facing criticism from Ofsted – bringing… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Ofsted Watch: Mixed results for private providers It has been a mixed week for independent learning providers, after four were found lacking in Ofsted inspections –… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News College restructuring support: still less than half of £726m fund approved The government has approved around £330 million to cover the cost of implementing post-area review changes so far. The… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Employer satisfaction falls across FE, but ITPs still edge ahead of colleges Employer satisfaction levels have fallen across the FE sector this year, but private providers are still outperforming colleges. The… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Apprenticeships by industry characteristics data: The 5 things we learnt New research on apprenticeships by industry characteristics has revealed which sector is the most popular, what is preferred by… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Monthly apprenticeships update: July starts down 43% on 2016 Apprenticeship starts for July are down 43 per cent on the same month in 2016 – but up 21… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Campaign launched to ‘Raise the Rate’ of sixth form funding Twelve school and college associations have written to the chancellor to urge him to increase funding for sixth form… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News High Court Judge places 3aaa into compulsory liquidation Former apprenticeship provider Aspire Achieve Advance has been placed into compulsory liquidation, after a High Court Judge accepted a… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Another studio school to close – meaning nearly half have wound up A studio school in Bath that has struggled to meet costs as a result of severely low student numbers… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Four colleges set for strike action as new trade union laws ‘frustrate’ UCU Staff are likely to strike at four colleges this term, but union members are in uproar as ballots at… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Revealed: Colleges lose £1.1m under controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rules Five training providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 818 Older Must read 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 7d Jessica Hill 7d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Next 3 stories 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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