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First City Training slumps to ‘inadequate’

A health and social care training provider has been rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted in a report that warns of…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

BREAKING: First official apprenticeship levy figures show a 61% fall in starts

Total apprenticeship starts for May, June and July fell a staggering 61% compared to the same period last year….

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Touchdown in Abu Dhabi

After a 3,000 mile flight Team UK has landed in Abu Dhabi ahead of their contests with the rest…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

New senior role for former SFA boss after Positive Outcomes disaster

A former Skills Funding Agency boss will take over as chair of the work-based learning specialist JTL, nine months…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Exclusive: T-level priority panel chairs revealed

The chairs of the first six T-level panels have been announced by the Department for Education. Fifteen names of…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Manchester starts tumble by over a third, post-levy

Apprenticeship starts in one of England’s largest cities have shown a “notable and significant decline” since the introduction of…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke


News

First T-levels announced by minister

UPDATE, 10am: The T-level action plan has now been published. To read it click here. The first three T-levels…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke
News

Kensington MP lends weight to college survival campaign

The MP for Kensington is backing a campaign by Grenfell residents to save their local college campus from housing…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News, WorldSkills 2017

WorldSkills 2017: Team UK given send-off at Parliament

Thirty-four of the UK’s most gifted young tradespeople were told that the country “desperately” needs their “skills and inspiration”…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

BAE Systems: Apprenticeships safe from mass job losses

Britain’s biggest defence manufacturer has promised that its apprenticeship programme will not be affected by today’s announcement that it…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

College leaders beg Theresa May for more 16-to-19 funding

Principals and chairs from 140 colleges have written to the prime minister begging for more funding for 16- to 19-year-old…

Paul Offord
Paul Offord
News

Greening opens National College for High Speed Rail

The new National College for High Speed Rail was officially launched by the education secretary yesterday. The college, which…

Jude Burke
Jude Burke

Must read

Apprenticeships, Politics

Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe

Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, FE Commissioner

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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
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
Anviksha Patel
Adult education, ITPs

Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers

Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Bootcamps, Skills bootcamps

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
Billy Camden and Frances Read