News Learndirect under new ownership just days after PeoplePlus deal falls through Learndirect has a new owner, after striking a deal with entrepreneur Wayne Janse van Rensburg for his firm Dimensions… FE Week Reporter 7y FE Week Reporter 7y News Exclusive IfA apprentices panel hasn’t met for 10 months The Institute for Apprenticeships has been told to “get its act together” after it emerged that its panel of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Skills minister: IfA is better but still not fast enough The number of approved apprenticeship standards has exceeded those awaiting sign-off for the first time, but the skills minister… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofsted watch: Private provider celebrates grade one A private provider has been rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. But there was no cause for celebration at the country’s… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News ESFA apprenticeship service wins Digital Leaders Award The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s apprenticeship service has been named as the top public service digital innovation. The… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive NHS apprenticeships fall by more than a third The number of people starting an apprenticeship with the NHS has fallen by more than third over the last… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Hull College boss: How I’m taking it out of intensive care Hull College chief executive Michelle Swithenbank probably has the toughest job in FE right now. The former nurse has… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Milton ‘the fixer’: I just want to make it all work It was exactly a year ago that we labelled the new skills minister Anne Milton “the fixer”, after she… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Federation of Awarding Bodies gets the lawyers in over T-levels The Federation of Awarding Bodies is gearing up for possible legal action over T-levels following the start of a… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Public Accounts Committee wants more DfE action on bad apprenticeships The Department for Education must “weed out” poor apprenticeship provision, the Public Accounts Committee has said. A new report… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Ex-schools minister proposes DfE shake-up to stop schools and HE favouritism Education ministers’ portfolios need a major shake-up if the historic favouritism shown to schools and universities is to change,… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofsted will keep its four-point grading system – for now Ofsted will stick to its current four-point grading system in its new inspection framework – putting an end to… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 808 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 7d Jessica Hill 7d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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
