DfE, Skills bootcamps Skills Bootcamp results missing in action Delays in data showing how effective the courses are have been described as “unacceptable” Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Colleges Warwickshire College Group names new principal and CEO Sara-Jane Watkins will leave South Gloucestershire and Stroud College after 22 years to lead WCG Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges Exclusive Annual accounts blackout remains at five colleges Deadline for publication was January 31. Here’s why a handful are still yet to surface Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Apprenticeships, Higher education Revealed: UCAS’ points plan for apprenticeships Higher education admissions body UCAS reveals how many UCAS points level 3 apprenticeships will be worth Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen 1y Colleges Exclusive Probe finds ‘funding irregularities’ in huge salary of Weston’s ex-principal The college’s longstanding chair has now stepped aside amid ESFA intervention into retired boss Sir Paul Phillips’ pay Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Election 2024 Election 2024: What does it mean for FE and skills? Rishi Sunak announces poll will be held on Thursday July 4 Shane Chowen 1y Shane Chowen and Freddie Whittaker 1y Exams, Ofqual Price of exams soar above inflation in 2024 General qualifications rise 6.4% while VTQs increase 5.5% Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y AI, Colleges Exclusive Ministers plan to appoint edtech evidence checkers Experts to scrutinise classroom impact of technology tools as part of new AI training package for teachers worth up… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y ABS, Skills reform Maths to 18: MPs want financial literacy alternative to GCSE resits Education committee urges ministers to ‘prioritise’ financial education in post-16 maths Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Colleges, Election 2024 AoC delays FE teacher pay recommendation for second year in a row FE pay deal could take ‘months’ as AoC waits for schoolteacher pay report Anviksha Patel 1y Anviksha Patel 1y Employment, Skills bootcamps Skills bootcamps can help fill immigration shortages, says DWP Work and Pensions minister plans to better target short training scheme at high vacancy sectors Josh Mellor 1y Josh Mellor 1y Apprenticeships Employers renew calls for youth ‘apprenticeship guarantee’ The idea was first proposed by government in 2009 and resurfaced in 2020 before being quickly dropped Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y Newer 1 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 811 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 3w Jessica Hill 3w 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 1mo Billy Camden 1mo 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 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo 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 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo 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 3mo Josh Mellor 3mo
