News Mayor of London plans party to celebrate AEB devolution London’s mayor will host a party to celebrate taking control of the capital’s adult education budget next year –… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Good week for colleges but private providers heavily criticised In a week that celebrated colleges two improved to ‘good’, but it’s been difficult for apprenticeship training providers with… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Dame Asha steps down from IfA board Dame Asha Khemka has left her role as an Institute for Apprenticeships board member, following her resignation from West… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News IfA and ESFA in listening mode about apprenticeship concerns at FAB conference The bosses of the Institute for Apprenticeships and the Education and Skills Funding Agency were in listening mode today,… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive CITB fixes ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal following college uproar The Construction Industry Training Board has struck a new deal to work with colleges after concerns were raised that… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive £50k to join ESFA ‘top-quality’ apprenticeship register Concerns have been raised about a loophole in the government’s apprenticeships register after a broker advertised how companies can… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive ESFA to pay 3aaa staff to help with apprentice transfer The government has agreed to pay the wages of around 40 staff from apprenticeship giant Aspire Achieve Advance until… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Milton builds FAB bridges towards T-level reforms The skills minister declared herself to be “pleased and excited” to be at the Federation of Awarding Bodies annual… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Boss of another struggling college steps down with immediate effect The principal of another struggling college has resigned with immediate effect. Terry Jones (pictured) had been in charge of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE launches consultation on fully-funded digital skills training The Department for Education has launched a consultation on the new national standards for digital skills, including plans for… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Anne Milton finally meets the IfA’s apprentice panel – 18 months after it was formed The skills minister met with the Institute for Apprenticeships’ panel of apprentices for the first time yesterday, a year… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News FE destinations and earnings data: The 5 key findings The government has today released figures for outcomes of FE learners, showing stark gender pay gaps, differences in earnings… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Newer 1 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 818 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