News Government pushes for more over-60s apprentices Over-60s are being encouraged to do more apprenticeships, in a new government report looking at how to boost employment… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News AoC: Membership fees overhaul consultation to avoid £1 million overspend A consultation on the future of the Association of Colleges has set out plans for an overhaul of membership… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News First ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts finally launched The first ever procurement process for adult education budget contracts has finally been launched by the Skills Funding Agency…. Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Ofsted rates Birkenhead Sixth Form College as outstanding in all areas A sixth form college in the north west has become only the second in the country to be rated… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News IFS calls for minimum public sector workforce apprenticeship target to be scrapped The new minimum target for public sector bodies to employ at least 2.3 per cent of their workforce as… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Apprenticeship funding rule requiring 20 per cent off-the-job training ‘not going away’ Help is being offered to the government in an effort to define the minimum 20 per cent off-the-job training… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Halfon: Careers advice at colleges ‘state of the art’ but schools not good enough The skills and apprenticeships minster has hailed the “state of the art” careers advice that colleges deliver, but called… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y News Parent anger over Daventry UTC closure An angry parent of a student “devastated” by the news that her university technical college would close in the… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Institutes of technology £170m windfall going to existing providers The extra £170 million the government has promised to set aside for a new wave of “prestigious” institutes of… Alix Robertson 8y Alix Robertson 8y News ‘Inadequate’ Gateway SFC pulls back from Leicestershire area review A struggling sixth form college has pulled out of its ongoing area review, after a special intervention by sixth… Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Ofsted watch: West Cheshire College no longer ‘inadequate’ A mostly encouraging week for FE, with regards to Ofsted reports, saw West Cheshire College shed its inadequate tag…. Jude Burke 8y Jude Burke 8y News Halfon puts lifelong learning back in the spotlight Lifelong learning is firmly back on the government’s agenda, according to the skills and apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon, who… Paul Offord 8y Paul Offord 8y Newer 1 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 808 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
