News Ofsted appears to back colleges in Progress 8 battle The credibility of a major new government progress measure is at stake after a college labelled as one of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Merger bulletin: the colleges in need of a partner The area reviews of post-16 education and training ended last March. They were designed to establish “fewer, often larger,… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted to ‘expose’ rip-off subcontracting top-slices Ofsted will expose training providers who rip-off apprentices by collecting subcontracting management fees without taking “responsibility for quality”, the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News AAC2018: CBI demands urgent levy upheaval The apprenticeship levy is “not fit for purpose” and the sector needs much more flexibility on spending the cash… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Apprenticeship achievement rates up for 2016/17 Apprenticeship achievement rates have been shown to have risen for 2016/17, in the latest statistics released by the Department… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Twelve providers now have chartered status A twelfth provider has achieved FE chartered status: Manchester’s Mantra Learning. The floodgates have seemingly started to open at… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News AAC2018: Some apprentices might not have an end-point assessor this year, IfA admits A “very small number” of apprentices could reach the end of their course in the next year without an… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Damian Hinds casts doubt on Anne Milton’s FE funding review The review into FE funding announced just two days ago by the skills minister might not actually go ahead… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Consultation launches on post-18 education and funding review The government’s consultation on its review of Post-18 education and funding has launched today, to close on May 2. It… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News DfE announces which providers will be protected from AEB devolution The providers that will be protected from adult education budget devolution have been announced. Certain providers will continue to… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Anne Milton announces FE funding review The government is launching a review into how the current system of funding for FE meets the costs of… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Lambeth College and LSBU merger is back on A merger between a cash-strapped London college and a nearby university will be going ahead after all – even… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y Newer 1 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 821 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
