News Sheffield area review recommends two new mergers The Sheffield City area review has completed proposing just two mergers, almost nine months after it started. Dearne Valley… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News Boles pleads for Manchester colleges to be more ‘ambitious’ The skills minister Nick Boles wants the colleges involved in the Greater Manchester area review to try and be… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Darlington College goes from inadequate to good Ofsted rating Darlington College has recovered to an Ofsted ‘good’ rating a little over a year after it was branded ‘inadequate’…. Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News Colleges’ failure to deliver with traineeships exposed AoC blames programme design after analysis shows they’re responsible for barely a quarter of starts AELP claims independent training… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News SFA could shoulder up to 90% of training costs for non-levy employers The government plans to slash the amount smaller firms will have to pay towards the cost of apprenticeships training… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Sector needs clarity on levy prospects and wider apprenticeship reforms after Brexit vote Sector leaders have called for clarity on whether the government will still press ahead with apprenticeship levy plans following… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News Wilshaw calling for every major multi-academy trust to include a UTC Ofsted’s chief inspector is set to call on the government to insist that every major multi-academy trust (MAT) includes… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News NAO will investigate BIS decision to close Sheffield office The National Audit Office is to investigate the government’s decision to close BIS’ Sheffield office. The Department for Business,… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News AoC looks forward to ‘new era for Ofsted’ under leadership of Amanda Spielman The Association of Colleges is looking forward to “a new era for Ofsted” — after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan… Alix Robertson 9y Alix Robertson 9y News SFA boss scrambles to avert industrial action over pay band changes The boss of the Skills Funding Agency, Peter Lauener, has met with union officials amid concern that staff anger… Paul Offord 9y Paul Offord 9y News All agreed in Somerset college merger – except for the name Two colleges in Somerset have completed a merger — but still appear to be struggling to agree on a… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y News It’s time to create national digital skills colleges, MPs say The government should work with the FE sector to create a network of digital skills colleges across the country,… Jude Burke 9y Jude Burke 9y Newer 1 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 807 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 19h Jessica Hill 19h 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 2w Billy Camden 2w 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
