Politics Phillipson tells school pay review body to consider FE impact Education secretary appears to namecheck further education workforce for first time in STRB remit letter Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo Apprenticeships, T Levels Just over half of T Level students satisfied with course, DfE survey reveals Most common reasons for apprentice dropouts and levels of OTJ compliance also revealed Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo News Brokers fail to raise SME awareness or starts in DfE apprenticeship pilot Officials urged to explore other ways of engaging small and medium employers Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo Colleges 21-year-old unfair college dismissal claim is ‘just too late’ Case against London college group thrown out for unlikelihood of fair hearing Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo DfE, Skills bootcamps DfE boosted early bootcamp payments after provider complaints Performance targets were described as ‘unrealistic’ Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Prison education Prisons ‘lack resources’ for inmates to learn their way to liberty Ministers are considering linking prison education to early release for the second time in a decade Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Pensions Treasury plans to extend pensions deal to colleges FE bodies to consult members on extending public pension guarantee to colleges Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Colleges Pat Carvalho announced as new AoC president She will take over from Corrienne Peasgood on October 16 Anviksha Patel 10mo Anviksha Patel 10mo Colleges Tributes to former East Durham College principal Colleagues have praised her for championing further education Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo News Long read Master’s-level apprenticeships ban risks throwing ‘baby out with bath water’ Fears that public services will be hardest hit by levy restrictions Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo News English and maths rules in apprenticeships under ‘review’ DfE seeks to ensure policy is ‘striking the right balance’ Billy Camden 10mo Billy Camden 10mo Apprenticeships, DfE, IfATE More data needed to tackle apprenticeship dropout rates Researchers found that nine out of ten non-completing nursing associate apprentices dropped out close to their end dates Josh Mellor 10mo Josh Mellor 10mo Newer 1 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 819 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 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 4mo Anviksha Patel 4mo