News Search on for top FE leaders to support struggling colleges High achieving FE leaders are being sought by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to support other colleges in… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Milton only appoints Conservative MPs as apprenticeships ambassadors Three Conservative MPs have today been named as apprenticeship ambassadors by skills minister Anne Milton. Maria Caulfield, Stephen Metcalfe,… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ombudsman warns councils are failing special needs learners Councils are not doing enough to ensure special needs learners get the help they need, a report from the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Ascentis named as awarding organisation of the year Ascentis has been crowned awarding organisation of the year on an exciting night for the sector. The Federation of… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship funding model report provokes dismay A long-awaited report on whether the government’s forecasting tool to predict apprenticeship starts is working has caused dismay over… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News SPONSORED: Tech trailblazers – FE colleges leading the way Using technology to assist the delivery of an engaging education experience is no longer a luxury — it’s a… Expert Contributor 8y Expert Contributor 8y News No news on permanent Institute for Apprenticeships boss Attempts to recruit a permanent chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships are still ongoing, six months after the… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News, WorldSkills 2017 WorldSkills 2017: Full medal tables published Team UK’s position as one the best in the world at vocational skills has been reaffirmed following World Skills… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: Two colleges improve to ‘good’ rating Two FE colleges are celebrating Ofsted success this week after climbing from a grade 3 to a grade 2…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Colleges lose £1.2 million under controversial condition-of-funding rules Four providers have been stripped of more than £100,000 due to the controversial English and maths condition-of-funding rule, although… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Budget 2017: Non-levy funding looms large The autumn budget will be delivered by the chancellor on November 22, and leading sector bodies have made requests… Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y Pippa Allen-Kinross 8y News Cash-strapped college wastes £3m on development plans A cash-strapped London college spent more than £3 million on plans to develop one of its sites that never… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y Newer 1 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 805 Older Must read 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 1d Billy Camden 1d 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 1w Anviksha Patel 1w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 1mo Josh Mellor 1mo Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps Exclusive Coding firm caught charging students for free bootcamps Ed tech provider ‘regretful’ after complaints and promises full refunds as bosses try to sue DfE over non-payments Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 2mo
