Apprenticeships AELP conference 2024: Insights from ex-minister and new CEO FE Week rounds up some of the key speeches FE Week Reporter 11mo FE Week Reporter 11mo Qualifications, T Levels Exclusive Revealed: Most T Level drop outs switch to axed courses 90% of T Level drop-outs that switched to other technical courses went on to qualifications due to be defunded Shane Chowen 11mo Shane Chowen 11mo Colleges, Politics Exclusive College international income takes off after Brexit and pandemic turbulence £40m was raked in from foreign students and overseas ventures last year Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Colleges, Ofsted Top Ofsted marks for Lincolnshire sixth form college Inspectors praised the college’s ‘rich range’ of learning activities Josh Mellor 11mo Josh Mellor 11mo Colleges London college appoints CEO after predecessor suddenly resigns Neil Coker takes the permanent principal post amid senior leader recruitment spree Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Sponsored post Sponsored #GE2024: Listen now as Let’s Go Further outlines the FE and skills priorities facing our new government The Skills and Education Group podcast, Let’s Go Further, aims to challenge the way we all think about skills… Advertorial 11mo Skills and Education Group 11mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted University-run apprenticeship firm back in Ofsted’s ‘good’ books The provider was judged ‘inadequate’ just 14 months ago Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Apprenticeships, Long read Long read The robots have already marched into apprenticeships AI tools could save training providers big bucks and improve quality. But at what cost? Jessica Hill 11mo Jessica Hill 11mo Prison education Exclusive Prison teachers sue providers over alleged contract breaches Claimants suing for nearly half a million pounds – an average payout of over £13,000 each Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Colleges, safeguarding Exclusive Prevent referrals made in FE at record high Rising Prevent referrals and data sharing case studies lead calls of deradicalisation programme to be scrapped Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Ofsted BCTG bounces back from damning Ofsted judgment Birmingham provider aims to ‘rise from the ashes’ with more contracts following ‘dark period’ Billy Camden 11mo Billy Camden 11mo Colleges, Election 2024 LSIPs: Colleges call for long-term funding and shared accountability AoC reviews the flagship policy one year on from the national rollout Anviksha Patel 11mo Anviksha Patel 11mo Newer 1 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 806 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo 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
