Ofsted Ofsted snubs FE providers from sub-judgements website change The move to add sub-judgements to school profiles on its website has been planned for at least two months… Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Colleges, Employment Lecturer wins over £50k from large college group for unfair dismissal New City College bosses would not have fired lecturer if ‘fair procedure’ was followed, judge rules Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo Devolution, election Mayoral pledges: Burnham plans ‘halls of apprentice’ for Greater Manchester We take a look at what England’s newly elected mayors have promised to deliver for regional skills training Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Colleges Exclusive DfE ‘must increase support’ for AP school leavers entering FE Children’s commissioner also says disrupted alternative provision pupils should be able to repeat year 11 Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Apprenticeships Exclusive EPA on trial: DfE to test alternative apprenticeship assessments Several options are on the table to speed up apprenticeship assessments…but at what cost? Shane Chowen 12mo Shane Chowen 12mo Bootcamps, Ofsted Ofsted slates US firm with £5m DfE bootcamps contract Whistleblower flagged concerns last year but no action was taken Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Sponsored post Sponsored Why we’re backing our UK skills champions (and why you should too) This August, teams from over 200 nations will gather to compete in the sticky heat of the Paris summer… Advertorial 12mo Pearson 12mo Ofsted Land-based college retains ‘outstanding’ Ofsted grade Hartpury College celebrates another grade 1, six years after it last achieved the feat Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo WorldSkills 2024 Team UK for WorldSkills Lyon 2024 revealed Over 30 young skills champions will head to France to represent the UK this September Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo NUS, Politics NUS reaches settlement with sacked president Terms of the deal with Shaima Dallali will however be kept confidential Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Apprenticeships Shared apprenticeship scheme barely meets half its recruitment target Flexible construction apprenticeship starts tumble amid sector-wide recruitment issues Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo Colleges, Ofsted Waltham Forest named London’s only ‘outstanding’ general FE college Inspectors heaped praise on the college for helping students to “flourish” Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Newer 1 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 802 Older Must read 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 2w Anviksha Patel 2w 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 3w Anviksha Patel 3w 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 Next 3 stories 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 1mo Billy Camden and Frances Read 1mo Apprenticeships Entrepreneur chased for millions after apprenticeship collapse ESFA uncovers ‘fake’ taxi apprentices as liquidator reveals intercompany payments days after firm decided to shut Billy Camden 2mo Billy Camden 2mo Adult education Exclusive Fury as DfE cuts adult education budgets Combined authorities told to expect reductions in ‘already deeply diminished’ adult skills funding Shane Chowen 2mo Shane Chowen 2mo
