Politics Tugendhat pledges millions for FE in Tory leadership bid Apprenticeships and skills spending will reduce reliance on migrant workers, according to Tory leadership hopeful Shane Chowen 9mo Shane Chowen 9mo Prison education Young offenders denied legal right to education Staff shortages are preventing both adults and children from attending education and training Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo DfE Pupil premium plus post-16 pilot reduces ‘cliff edge’ of support, report finds Calls for long-term funding as evaluation highlights positive outcomes for vulnerable young people Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Colleges, Politics 172 college leaders make collective investment plea to chancellor Principals warn economic growth will be stifled without greater funding to build the FE workforce Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo WorldSkills WorldSkills UK national finals will move to Wales in 2025 South Wales to host national event for the first time Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Colleges 40 extra hours policy ‘helpful’ for 3 in 5 colleges, report suggests But researchers warn they cannot accurately measure compliance Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo Higher education OfS dishes out further £14m for level 6 degree apprenticeships expansion Comes a week after the government revealed plans to restrict level 7 apprenticeships Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Politics Phillipson tells school pay review body to consider FE impact Education secretary appears to namecheck further education workforce for first time in STRB remit letter Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Apprenticeships, T Levels Just over half of T Level students satisfied with course, DfE survey reveals Most common reasons for apprentice dropouts and levels of OTJ compliance also revealed Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo News Brokers fail to raise SME awareness or starts in DfE apprenticeship pilot Officials urged to explore other ways of engaging small and medium employers Billy Camden 9mo Billy Camden 9mo Colleges 21-year-old unfair college dismissal claim is ‘just too late’ Case against London college group thrown out for unlikelihood of fair hearing Anviksha Patel 9mo Anviksha Patel 9mo DfE, Skills bootcamps DfE boosted early bootcamp payments after provider complaints Performance targets were described as ‘unrealistic’ Josh Mellor 9mo Josh Mellor 9mo Newer 1 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 816 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 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
