Colleges, FE Commissioner Wolverhampton college freed from intervention after 12 years The college’s financial health improved to ‘good’ after DfE agreed to take on part of a £10m debt Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Skills bootcamps Provider sues DfE after skills bootcamp contract termination The DfE accuses the provider of changing awarding body without prior agreement Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo AEB, Politics, Skills reform Exclusive DfE scales back ‘free courses for jobs’ offer Access will be restricted to adults earning below £25k in 2024/25 Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Colleges AoC hikes large college member fees to £57.7k Most affected colleges supportive of 20% increase as some mull over value for money Billy Camden 12mo Billy Camden 12mo Colleges UCU: Most FE staff back alternative to ‘traumatic’ Ofsted inspections Lecturers call for ‘peer-led’ model, as new chief inspector also floats the idea Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo Colleges, Employment Lecturer wins payout over ‘distressing’ remarks after husband’s death City College Plymouth appealing judgement over absent legal representative Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo recruitment Skills minister backs FE lecturer ‘reservist’ trial FE retraining ‘reservist’ pilot for motor industry gets minister seal of approval Anviksha Patel 12mo Anviksha Patel 12mo Politics, Skills reform ‘Change on an unprecedented scale’: Ofqual responds to ABS plans Qualifications reform risks more exams, ‘unregulated’ A-levels and students unprepared for higher study, says exams regulator Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo News Hacking homework for exam breach suspect A 16-year-old boy has been cautioned in connection with an exam board cyber attack Samantha Booth 12mo Samantha Booth 12mo News Code words and ‘grab kits’: new anti-terror advice for education providers Leaders advised to appoint ‘security leads’ to reduce terror risks in first sector-specific guidance Jack Dyson 12mo Jack Dyson 12mo Early years Nursery staff-to-child qualification tweaks spark criticism The government hopes to boost nursery capacity by letting managers count experienced level 2 qualified staff as level 3 Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Apprenticeships, Ofsted Uni caught short after fast-tracking degree apprenticeship for NHS Ofsted found some employers’ operational needs for advanced clinical practitioners weren’t being met Josh Mellor 12mo Josh Mellor 12mo Newer 1 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 802 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
