News Apprenticeship provision at two providers hangs in the balance following poor Ofsted monitoring visit reports The apprenticeship provision at two ‘new’ providers hangs in the balance while the government reviews their early Ofsted monitoring… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive CITB pauses ‘reverse subcontracting’ negotiations with colleges after AoC steps in The Construction Industry Training Board has paused discussions with colleges about its proposed “reverse subcontracting” deal following a meeting… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Unions and colleges to march on parliament to lobby for fair FE funding Unions, college principals and staff will join forces on October 17 in a nationally coordinated lobby of MPs and… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College pension contributions set to rise and could cause ‘financial crisis’ in FE The employer contributions colleges pay towards teacher pensions look set to rise and could cost them an extra £100… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News T-level employer panel members for 2022 and 2023 This morning the Department for Education published the list of T-level employer panel members for the routes that will… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News 57 staff already appointed to the London Mayor’s £3m AEB team The Greater London Authority has so far drafted in 57 new bureaucrats to handle the capital’s adult education budget… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofsted watch: ‘Good’ news for a UTC and new apprenticeship providers There was cause for celebration at a university technical college this week as it was rated ‘good’, while four… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News NCG tackles casual staff contracts The nation’s largest college group has been praised for tackling “insecure” staff contracts, after it unveiled plans to move… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive IfA funding band review: Aviation standard set to have rate doubled An apprenticeship standard is set to have its funding band doubled following the Institute for Apprenticeships’ recent review. The… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News ESFA hiring team to focus on audit and intervention at private training providers The Education and Skills Funding Agency is to focus on intervention and prevention in independent training providers following a… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News College and Co-op lead way with paid day release on two year course – but it’s not an apprenticeship A sixth-form college in Manchester is set to offer paid work experience for some of its learners, in what… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News EuroSkills 2018: Team UK given send-off at Parliament “Endurance, fortitude and determination” are the qualities that each member of Team UK will need to beat Europe’s best,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 818 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 6d Jessica Hill 6d 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
