News Anger as apprenticeship providers asked to log off-the-job training Providers will be asked to log apprentices’ off-the-job training hours to prove that the deeply unpopular minimum funding requirement… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News College thrown £3m lifeline ahead of second attempt at merger A cash-strapped college in line for a multi-million pound emergency bailout has announced plans for a make-or-break merger –… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News New ‘campus identifier’ paves way for Ofsted changes in 2019 A new college campus identifier will be introduced into individualised learner records from 2018/19, potentially paving the way for… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofqual’s turn to raise T-level worries The body that regulates qualifications in England has added its voice to fears about the government’s plans for T-levels…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News First college created in 20 years hit with financial notice An FE college that was only instituted in 2014 has been issued with a financial notice to improve, just… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive Huge VAT loans let-off after HMRC admits poor guidance Private providers are being let off millions of pounds in unpaid VAT because the tax office gave them bad… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Staff vote to strike over pay at more than a dozen colleges Staff at more than a dozen colleges have voted overwhelmingly to strike over pay. Industrial action is due to… Nick Linford 7y Nick Linford 7y News Apprenticeship levy transfer policy explained The government has explained how employers which pay the apprenticeship levy will be able to transfer funds to other… Paul Offord 7y Paul Offord 7y News Every adult should get £10,000 for education and training, influential report claims Every adult should get £10,000 for a minimum of two years just to spend on education or training, so long… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Sector welcomes U-turn on qualifications in apprenticeships A major U-turn that should allow mandatory technical qualifications to be included in new apprenticeships had been widely welcomed… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Ofsted Watch: Delight for colleges but despair for community learning provider Two colleges rejoiced this week as they stepped up to grade two, but there was no cause for celebration… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Ofqual to audit awarding organisations amid concerns with provider relationships Ofqual will begin auditing awarding organisations’ on the “control” they have over their individual providers, after finding evidence it… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 818 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 4d Jessica Hill 4d 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 1mo Jessica Hill 1mo 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 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 3mo Billy Camden 3mo 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 3mo Anviksha Patel 3mo 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
