News Exclusive Funding rates to be slashed for popular management apprenticeships The management degree apprenticeship standard is set to have its funding slashed by a massive £5,000. And funding rates… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Popular apprenticeship standard to be hit with £2k funding rate cut, claims employer group One of the most popular apprenticeship standards is in line for a more than 20 per cent funding rate… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted given final say over new apprenticeship provider quality Ofsted has officially been given the final say over poor-performing apprenticeship providers following an early monitoring visit, the Education… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Tight deadline for ESFA survey on non-levy transition period for providers Providers are being asked for their views on the expansion of the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeships service–… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Monthly apprenticeship update: 3m starts target slips further away with just 22,300 starts in May Apprenticeship starts for May are down 40 per cent compared with the same period in 2016 – but up… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News North-east training provider on the verge of collapse A training provider in the north-east that held subcontracts worth more than £3 million last year is on the… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Allow UTCs and studio schools to select pupils, argues Toby Young University technical colleges and studio schools should be allowed to select pupils on the basis of aptitude, a controversial… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Hull College overspent by almost £10 million in 2016/17, overdue accounts reveal Cash-strapped Hull College overspent by even more in 2016/17 than the previous year, according to its recently published and… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Bulletin, News A-Level results 2018 | Live blog A-level results day is here! Today’s the day when A-level learners up and down the country find out whether… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted watch: Improvement for struggling FE providers A training provider previously banned from taking on any new apprentices and a formerly ‘inadequate’ council have been making… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Ofsted claims ‘huge number’ of £2.4m set-aside for research projects will be FE-related Ofsted will soon call on FE providers to help it undertake a “huge” amount of FE-related research projects, according… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Delay of at least a year to apprenticeship system expansion could leave 1,500 providers out in the cold Over 1,500 training providers on the government’s apprenticeships register will not have direct access to funding for small employers… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 814 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