News Second wave of college strikes over pay begins today The second wave of strike action by University and College Union members has begun, in an ongoing dispute over… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Learndirect’s second Ofsted monitoring visit: 15 key findings The second monitoring visit report on crisis-hit Learndirect has been published by Ofsted. This was the second reinspection monitoring… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Bids to open for share of new construction retraining fund in April Bidding is to open next month for a share of a new construction retraining fund worth tens of millions… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News First Ofsted subcontracting visit report criticises Wigan and Leigh College The first ever report of an Ofsted monitoring visit into subcontracting has found that governors and senior management at… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Exclusive More traineeships are leading to apprenticeships The proportion of young people who complete a traineeship and move on to an apprenticeship has risen but it… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Ofsted Watch: Encouraging week for adult and community learning providers A strong week for adult and community learning providers saw three climb up from ‘requires improvement’ ratings. Slough Pitstop… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Financial warning notice for UTC found to owe government £500k A university technical college which was found to have owed the government over half a million pounds after it… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Inaugural AAC Awards: Worthy winners step up The nation’s best training providers, employers and apprentices have been enshrined at the inaugural Annual Apprenticeship Awards at a… FE Week 7y FE Week 7y News ‘Deliver on apprentice travel cost pledge’, urges Robert Halfon The chair of the Commons education select committee has urged the government to “deliver” on its election promise to… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Apprenticeship provider register won’t reopen until September The register of apprenticeship training providers will not open again until September – nearly a year after the last… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Marsden: Labour would look at devolving apprenticeships and other skills funding Labour’s proposed National Education Service would look at devolving apprenticeships and other skills funding, and not just the adult… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News 20% off-the-job rule divides opinion again The director of the National Apprenticeships Service has mounted a strident defence of the controversial 20-per-cent off-the-job training requirement…. Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 821 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo 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 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo 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 4mo Billy Camden 4mo Colleges 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo 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 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
