News What now for colleges that tried and failed to merge? When they were launched in July 2015, the area reviews were expected to result in a huge number of… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News UTC founds feeder school against Baker trust’s wishes A university technical college that has struggled to recruit students is opening an 11-14 feeder school next door. This… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Ofsted watch: Provider on apprenticeships register rated ‘inadequate’ A provider on the new apprenticeships register has been hit with an inadequate overall grade, in the only full… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Exclusive Confusion for new providers on RoATP over compulsory training Hundreds of training providers don’t know when they can start apprenticeship programmes, because the government has failed to inform… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Assessment organisations put to the customer service test in our mystery shop End-point assessment has been a huge source of anxiety for providers across the sector this year, amid a growing… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News Exclusive ‘Alarming’: ESFA still giving one-man bands access to millions Labour has demanded an investigation into the way providers are selected for the register of apprenticeship training providers –… Billy Camden 8y Billy Camden 8y News Glacial progress exposed for colleges’ apprentice delivery Colleges deliver just one in five apprenticeships last year, meaning virtually no progress has been made in the 18… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Conservatives announce surprise pledge to let levy pay wages A surprise move has been made by the Conservatives to allow large firms to use apprentice levy funds to… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Breaking: Conservative manifesto pledges for FE and skills published The Conservatives’ long-awaited general election manifesto, called ‘Forward Together’, has just been launched, outlining its plans for FE and… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Breaking: Updated register of apprenticeship training providers published The updated register of apprenticeship training providers has now been published. An extra 507 providers have been added by… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Exclusive Exclusive: Providers finally successful in apprentice register applications Hundreds of providers including a college from the nation’s second largest city, which largely missed out last time, have… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Just three new recruits for chartered status in six months The Chartered Institution for FE has recruited just one new college and two independent training providers in the last… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y Newer 1 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 808 Older Must read 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 3d Jessica Hill 3d 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 3w Billy Camden 3w 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 4w Anviksha Patel 4w Next 3 stories 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 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
