News Now the National Audit Office is sniffing around T-levels T-levels will be watched for “potential for losses and fruitless payments” according to the comptroller-general at the National Audit… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News DfE estimates colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 The number of colleges with financial warnings will nearly triple to 100 over the next 10 years, the government… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AELP leaps to defence of level two apprenticeships Low-level apprenticeships should not be rubbished by “commentators and policy makers”, the Association of Employment and Learning Providers has… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Exclusive The big interview: NCG chair Peter Lauener NCG has been in the headlines lately, what with the visits from Ofsted, its falling achievement rates, mass redundancies,… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive Trouble ahead for NCG with anticipated grade three from Ofsted The largest college group in the country is to be dropped from the government’s final bidding round for Institutes… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Exclusive FE commissioner recruiting new national leaders of governance The FE commissioner is on the hunt for recruits to join his army of national leaders of governance. Serving… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Metro mayors demand control over unspent levy The metro mayors overseeing skills budget devolution have joined forces to demand control of apprenticeship levy cash that employers… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Monthly update: apprenticeship starts down 52 per cent in March Apprenticeship starts for March are down 52 per cent compared with the same period in 2017. There have been… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Merger partner found for FE college incorporated just four years ago An FE college incorporated in 2014 has found a merger partner, after the FE commissioner decreed it would no… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Provider bites back at ‘factually inaccurate’ Ofsted monitoring report An apprenticeship provider has hit out at how Ofsted conducted an early monitoring visit, and said the ensuing report… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News UCU strikes end at New City College with new pay deal Staff at one of London’s larger college groups will earn a one-off payment and a minor annual salary increase… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Open letter sees government on defensive before apprenticeship figures announced The government is on the defensive one day before the latest apprenticeship figures appear, expected to show a continued… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 808 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
