News 9 things we learned from the DfE’s annual report and accounts 2017-18 The Department for Education has this morning published its annual report, revealing payoffs, various bonuses and millions in unrecoverable… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE waters down T-level licensing rules but unlikely to appease exam bodies legal challenge The government has watered down a number of rules in its procurement process for T-levels following outcry from the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: Best and worst of FE on show An independent specialist college showed the best of FE this week as it maintained its ‘outstanding’ rating, but the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE spent £93m on doomed UTCs and studio schools The Department for Education spent more than £90 million on university technical college and studio school projects that went… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 11 things we learned from the ESFA’s first annual report and accounts The Education and Skills Funding Agency has this afternoon published its annual report for 2017-18, revealing huge bailouts, questionable bonuses… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Student satisfaction still highest with private providers – but colleges slightly close the gap Colleges have slightly narrowed the gap with private training providers by 2.5 percentage points when it comes to learner… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Hinds hits back at awarding organisations’ ‘deeply disappointing’ T-levels legal challenge The education secretary has hit back at the Federation of Awarding Bodies “deeply disappointing” threat of a judicial review… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive No surprises: Somerset provider wins special ESFA tender after local MPs lobbied minister A training provider in Somerset that found itself at the sharp end of the adult education budget debacle has… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News PM praises rise in apprenticeship quality despite Ofsted’s warning of a decline The prime minister has claimed that apprenticeships quality has risen since the introduction of the levy, despite Ofsted finding… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Awarding organisations launch T-level legal challenge in pre-action letter to DfE Battle lines have officially been drawn by the Federation of Awarding Bodies, after it outlined its intention to launch… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE announces first regional ‘skills deal’ The West Midlands has become the first combined authority to strike a “skills deal” with the Department for Education,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 8 things we learned from skills minister’s select committee grilling A feisty commons education select committee meeting, held this morning, saw Anne Milton quizzed on a number of pressing… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 809 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 1w Jessica Hill 1w 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
