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 News Leading charity sector figure to lead London’s largest college group A leading figure from the charity sector will take the reins at London’s largest college group. Roy O’Shaughnessy, who… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Festival of Learning winners 2018 winners announced The Learning and Work Institute has announced the 35 award winners and highly commended nominees for the 2018 Festival… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Two Stoke studio schools will shut down Two studio schools in Stoke-on-Trent will close by next summer amid dire problems with recruiting students. Stoke-on-Trent Studio College… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted result for Redbridge Institute of Adult Education A local authority provider has been rated outstanding by Ofsted for the first time since 2015. Redbridge Institute of… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Rye Studio School to close over low pupil numbers The Rye Studio School in East Sussex will close this summer after it failed to recruit even half of… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y Newer 1 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 814 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
